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65.9% of adults boosted, 35.7% of children given first jab

Some 91.4% of teenagers have completed their vaccination.

Bernama
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A woman takes a picture of her daughter at the photo booth set up at the Dewan Komuniti Taman Bukit Mewah vaccination centre in Kajang.
A woman takes a picture of her daughter at the photo booth set up at the Dewan Komuniti Taman Bukit Mewah vaccination centre in Kajang.

A total of 15,507,221 adults or 65.9% had received a Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday.

According to the CovidNow website, a total of 22,944,111 or 97.5% have completed their vaccination while 23,220,067 or 98.7% have received at least one dose of vaccine.

For teenagers aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,844,722 or 91.4% have completed their vaccination while 2,942,850 or 94.6% have received at least one dose of vaccine.

As for children aged five to 11, a total of 1,267,491 or 35.7% have received a first dose of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme fror Children (PICKids).

Yesterday, a total of 28,360 vaccine doses were dispensed, comprising 4,848 as first doses, 1,651 as second shots and 21,861 as booster jabs.

This brings the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 68,515,709.