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77.6% of teens fully jabbed

Some 86.6% have received at least one dose of vaccine.

Staff Writers
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Teenagers accompanied by their parents and guardians wait for their digital vaccination certificates after receiving their second dose of Pfizer vaccine at the KPJ Tawakkal vaccination centre in Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur.
Teenagers accompanied by their parents and guardians wait for their digital vaccination certificates after receiving their second dose of Pfizer vaccine at the KPJ Tawakkal vaccination centre in Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur.

A total of 22,248,737 individuals or 95% of the adult population had completed their Covid-19 vaccinations as of yesterday.

Based on the health ministry’s data on the CovidNow portal, 97.5% or 22,838,338 adults have received at least one dose of vaccine.

A total of 131,240 vaccine doses were administered yesterday, of which 37,689 were second doses, 7,650 were first doses and 85,901 were booster shots.

This brings the total number of doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 50,804,374.

As for adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,442,373 individuals or 77.6% have completed their vaccinations while 86.6% or 2,725,876 individuals have received at least one dose of vaccine.

A total of 731,635 booster doses had been adminstered as of yesterday.