Covid-19: 95.7% of Malaysia's adult population fully vaccinated as of Wednesday (Nov 3)

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A total of 22,409,335 individuals, or 95.7% of the adult population, in Malaysia have completed their Covid-19 vaccinations as of Wednesday, says the Health Ministry.

Based on data at the Ministry's CovidNow, 97.8% of the adult population, or 22,891,080 individuals, have also received at least one dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine.

A total of 114,573 doses of the vaccine were administered on Wednesday, with 42,306 doses as second doses, 8,185 doses to first dose recipients and 64,082 doses as booster doses, bringing the total number of doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, which was launched on Feb 24, 2021, to 50,420,916.

As for teenagers are aged 12 to 17 years old, a total of 2,197,961 individuals, or 69.8%, have completed their vaccinations, while 83.3%, or 2,622,306 individuals, have received at least the first dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, CovidNow also reported that a total of 471,689 booster doses had been dispensed as of Wednesday. -Bernama

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