22% of children aged 5-11 have received first dose

22% of children aged 5-11 have received first dose

This involves 805,676 children.

As for adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,800,421 (or 90%) have completed their vaccination. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
A total of 805,676 children aged between five and 11 have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids).

This represents 22.7% of the group in Malaysia.

Based on the Covidnow website, a total of 14,517,869 people (or 61.7% of the adult population in the country) have received the booster dose and a total of 22,948,037 or 97.5% have completed their vaccination. Another 23,227,580 have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

As for adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,800,421 individuals or 90% have completed their vaccination while 2,893,860 individuals or 93% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Yesterday, a total of 118,275 vaccine doses were dispensed, with 54,858 as the first dose, 577 the second dose and 62,840 as the booster dose, bringing the cumulative total number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 66,986,213.

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