Nearly 32% of population fully vaccinated

A total of 31.9% or 10,425,300 of the country’s population had completed two doses of Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, says Health Minister Dr Adham Baba.

He said a total of 16,868,615 people or 51.7% had received a first dose, bringing the cumulative number of doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 27,293,915 as of yesterday.

In terms of percentage, 72.1% of the country’s adult population have received a first dose while 44.5% have completed both doses.

In terms of daily vaccination rate, a total of 442,150 doses were administered yesterday – 161,049 first doses and 281,101 second doses.