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33.2% of children fully jabbed, 48.6% given first dose

Some 93.7% of teenagers have completed their vaccination while 68.4% of adults have received a booster shot.

Bernama
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Children wait with their parents and guardians to receive a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the Dewan Komuniti Taman Bukit Mewah vaccination centre in Kajang.
Children wait with their parents and guardians to receive a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the Dewan Komuniti Taman Bukit Mewah vaccination centre in Kajang.

A total of 1,180,415 or 33.2% of children 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, a total of 1,728,942 children or 48.6% have received at least one dose of vaccine.

For teenagers aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,914,722 or 93.7% have completed their vaccination while 3,011,068 or 96.8% have received at least one dose.

As for the adult population, 16,100,274 individuals or 68.4% have received a booster dose while 22,975,123 or 97.6% have completed two doses.

A total of 23,251,598 or 98.8% have received at least one dose of vaccine.

Yesterday, a total of 4,666 vaccine doses were dispensed, of which 563 were first doses, 2,557 second shots and 1,546 booster jabs.

This brings the cumulative number of vaccine jabs administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 70,947,904.