KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 8,258,110 Malaysians or 25.3% of the population have been fully vaccinated as of yesterday, health minister Dr Adham Baba said.
Through an infographic shared on his Twitter account, he said 15,350,180 people have been given their first doses.
“With this, 23,608,290 doses of the vaccine have been administered through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme until yesterday,” he said.
“In terms of percentage, 47% of the country’s population have received the first dose of the vaccine, while 25.3% have completed both doses,” he said.
On the daily vaccination rate, a total of 447,035 doses were administered yesterday, with 187,756 of them being first dose recipients and 259,279 getting their second dose.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme was launched last Feb 24.
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