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Nearly 23% of population fully vaccinated as jab numbers top 22 million

A total of 22,152,367 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered since Feb 24.

Bernama
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Workers wait to receive a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the industrial vaccination centre at the Tanjung Pelepas port in Johor. Photo: Bernama
Workers wait to receive a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the industrial vaccination centre at the Tanjung Pelepas port in Johor. Photo: Bernama

A total of 22,152,367 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered nationwide under the National Covid-19 Immunisation programme as of yesterday.

Health Minister Dr Adham Baba said 14,711,532 doses were administered as first doses, while 7,440,835 doses were administered to second-dose recipients.

According to percentage, 45% of the country’s population has received a first dose and 22.8% have completed both doses of vaccination, he said.

On the daily vaccination rate, 483,368 doses were administered yesterday with 240,394 doses as first doses and 242,974 doses as second doses.