KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,003,227 children aged between five and 11 years or 28.3% of the child population in the age group in Malaysia have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday.
Based on the Covidnow website, a total of 14,984,241 adults or 63.7% of the population in the country have received the booster dose and 22,927,098 or 97.4% have completed the vaccination, while 23,203,753 or 98.6% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Among adolescents aged between 12 and 17, a total of 2,830,746 or 91% of the group have completed the vaccination, while 2,930,978 or 94.2% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
A total of 68,081 doses of the vaccine were dispensed yesterday, with 29,714 as first dose, 903 as second dose and 37,464 as booster dose, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered to 67,672,349.
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