Malaysia's adult population is fully immunised at a rate of more than 97 percent

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

As of Wednesday, 22,872,297 people, or 97.7% of the adult population in the country, have completed the Covid-19 immunisation (Jan 5).

According to the CovidNow portal of the Ministry of Health, a total of 23,160,259 people, or 98.9% of the population, have gotten at least one dosage of the vaccine.

A total of 2,761,997 persons, or 87.8% of the adolescent population, have finished the immunisation, while 2,852,677 individuals, or 90.7 percent of the group, have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine.

 

Yesterday, a total of 245,326 vaccination doses were provided, with 2,747 being the initial dose, 3,859 being the second dose, and 238,720 being booster doses.

As of yesterday, a total of 58,554,303 doses had been dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, including 7,107,613 booster doses.

Meanwhile, a total of 18 deaths were reported yesterday, according to the ministry's GitHub portal, with three cases each reported in Pahang, Perak, and Selangor.

Kelantan, Sabah, and Terengganu each had one death, while Kedah, Melaka, and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur each had two deaths.

[JustAnotherHun]

"Fully immunised"...555