KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 961,597 or 27.1% of children aged five to 11 in the country have been fully vaccinated under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Tuesday (May 10).
According to the COVIDNOW website, a total of 1,569,286 children or 44.2% of the group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
For adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,899,554 or 93.2% of the group have completed the vaccination while 2,997,051 or 96.3% received at least one dose of the vaccine. As for the adult population, 16,049,816 or 68.2% of the group have received the booster dose while 22,969,639 or 97.6% have completed two doses and 23,245,044 or 98.8% have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
A total of 28,466 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were administered yesterday, with 9,672 as first doses, 15,534 as second doses and 3,260 as booster doses, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 70,478,577. Meanwhile, according to the GitHub portal of the Health Ministry , a total of six deaths due to Covid-19 were recorded yesterday with two cases reported in Kuala Lumpur, while Selangor, Perlis, Kedah and Johor recorded one case each. - Bernama
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