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15.1% of population now fully vaccinated

Some 15.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered so far.

Bernama
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Nurses prepare a syringe of Covid-19 vaccine to be administered at the Universiti Sains Malaysia vaccination centre in George Town, Penang. Photo: Bernama
Nurses prepare a syringe of Covid-19 vaccine to be administered at the Universiti Sains Malaysia vaccination centre in George Town, Penang. Photo: Bernama

A total of 15,517,866 doses of Covid-19 vaccine had been administered in the country as of yesterday, says Health Minister Dr Adham Baba.

In a Twitter post, he said the number included 446,052 doses administered yesterday, of which 282,980 were first doses and 163,072 were second doses.

“The new development brings the latest number of individuals having completed both doses of vaccine to 4,932,981, which is 15.1% of the country’s population,” he said.

Labuan remained the state with the highest percentage of adults who had completed the vaccination, at 68%, followed by Sarawak (49.4%), Perlis (36.5%), the Klang Valley (22.7%) and Negeri Sembilan (21.8%).