A TOTAL of 1,058,626 children aged between five and 11 years, or 29.8% of their population in Malaysia have completed their vaccination course under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children as of yesterday.

According to the CovidNow website, a total of 1,644,027 children in the same age group, or 46.3%, have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

For adolescents aged between 12 and 17, a total of 2,904,772 of them, or 93.4% of their population in the country, have been fully dosed, while 3,002,404 of them or 96.5% of the population, have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

As for the adult population, a total of 16,064,239 individuals, or 68.3% of their population, have received the booster dose, while 22,971,113 individuals, or 97.6%, have taken two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and 23,246,597 individuals of 98.8% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Yesterday, a total of 23,148 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were dispensed, with 9,511 as first dose, 12,441 as second dose and 1,196 as booster dose, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 70,678,279.

According to the Health Ministry’s GitHub portal, three deaths linked to Covid-19 were recorded yesterday with Johor registering two cases and Selangor one case. – Bernama, May 16, 2022.