97.2% of adult population in Malaysia fully vaccinated

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KUALA LUMPUR: A complete of 22,746,838 people or 97.2 per cent of the adult population in the nation have accomplished their Covid-19 vaccination as of Wednesday (Dec 8).

Based on the Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal, 98.6 per cent or 23,067,954 people of the adult population have acquired no less than one dose of the vaccine.

Meanwhile, 90.1 per cent of the adolescent population, or 2,836,326 people aged between 12 and 17 have acquired no less than one dose of the vaccine, whereas 86.7 per cent or 2,729,900 people in the group have accomplished the vaccination.

A complete of 125,838 doses of the vaccine have been allotted yesterday, with 6,322 as first dose, 4,572 as second dose and 114,944 as booster dose, bringing to a complete of 54,470,578 doses of the vaccine, together with 3,281,238 booster doses, having been administered beneath the National Covid-19 Immunisation programme. – Bernama



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