KUALA LUMPUR: A complete of 15,915,493 people, or 67.6% of the grownup inhabitants in Malaysia, have acquired the Covid-19 vaccination booster dose as of Saturday (April 9).
According to the Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal, some 22,956,764 people, or 97.6% of the grownup inhabitants, have been totally vaccinated in opposition to Covid-19, whereas 23,233,706, or 98.8%, have acquired at the least one dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine.
For adolescents aged 12 to 17 years previous, a complete of two,859,026 people, or 91.9% of the group, have accomplished their vaccination whereas 2,960,123, or 95.1%, acquired at the least one dose of a vaccine.
Meanwhile, 104,250 youngsters aged 5 to 11 years previous have been totally vaccinated in opposition to Covid-19 underneath the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) whereas 1,363,134 youngsters, or 38.4% of the group, have acquired the primary dose of the vaccine.
A complete of 40,792 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered on Saturday, with 6,401 as first doses, 27,716 as second photographs and 6,675 as booster jabs, bringing the cumulative variety of vaccine doses disbursed underneath the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 69,180,021.
Meanwhile, based on the Health Ministry’s GitHub information repository, 21 deaths resulting from Covid-19 have been recorded on Saturday, with Johor recording the very best quantity at 4 circumstances adopted by Kedah, Pahang and Selangor with three circumstances every.
Apart from that, Perak and Sarawak recorded two circumstances every whereas Melaka, Negeri (*16*), Perlis and Kuala Lumpur had one case every. – Bernama
