1.16mil children aged 5 to 11 fully vaccinated

1.16mil children aged 5 to 11 fully vaccinated

More than 93% of teenagers, aged 12 to 17, have also completed their vaccination.

About 48% of children aged five to 11 have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
KUALA LUMPUR:
A total of 1,161,503, or 32.7%, of children aged five to 11 in the country have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

According to the Covidnow portal, 1,709,368 children or 48.1% of the group, have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

As for teenagers, aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,912,648 individuals or 93.6% have completed their vaccination while 3,009,154 or 96.7% of them have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

At the same time, a total of 16,093,145 people or 68.4% of the adult population have received the booster dose, while 22,974,183 individuals or 97.6% have completed two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and 23,250,761 individuals or 98.8% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

As for daily doses, a total of 17,578 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were dispensed yesterday, involving 7,554 first doses, 8,829 second doses and 1,195 booster doses, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 70,896,708.

Meanwhile, the health ministry’s GitHub portal reported that two Covid-19 deaths were recorded yesterday — one case each in Selangor and Kedah.

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