A TOTAL of 1,073,551 or 30.2% of children aged five to 11 in the country have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children as of yesterday.

According to the CovidNow portal, a total of 1,650,581 children or 46.5% of the group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

For adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, some 2,906,035 or 93.4% of the group have completed their vaccination while 3,003,483 or 96.5% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

A total of 16,069,133 or 68.3% of the adult population have received the booster dose while 22,971,604 or 97.6% have completed two doses and 23,247,523 or 98.8% have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Yesterday,  a total of 14,253 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were dispensed with 3,300 as the first dose, 8,348 the second dose and 2,605 as booster doses, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 70,708,376.

According to the Health Ministry’s GitHub portal, three Covid-19 deaths were recorded yesterday, one each in Kedah, Melaka and Perlis. – Bernama, May 18, 2022.