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32% of children fully vaxxed, 47.5% given first jab

Some 93.6% of teenagers have completed two doses of vaccine while 68.4% of adults have received a booster shot.

Bernama
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Children play with bubbles as families gather for a picnic dinner in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad building in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.
Children play with bubbles as families gather for a picnic dinner in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad building in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.

A total of 1,137,100 children or 32% of those aged five to 11 had completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

According to the CovidNow portal, 1,687,515 children or 47.5% have received at least one dose of vaccine.

In terms of teenagers aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,911,110 or 93.6% have completed their vaccination while 3,007,571 or 96.7% have received at least one dose of vaccine.

As for the adult population, 16,087,068 or 68.4% have received a booster dose while 22,973,652 or 97.6% have completed two doses.

A total of 23,249,948 or 98.8% have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

Yesterday, a total of 9,958 vaccine doses were given, of which 2,100 were booster doses, 4,068 were second shots and 3,790 were first jabs.

This takes the cumulative number of vaccines administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 70,839,946.

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