Selangor Journal
A vaccine recipient poses for a photo-op at the vaccination centre at Dewan Agung Tuanku Canselor Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, on August 18, 2021. — Picture by BERNAMA

Nearly 90 pct of adults in Malaysia have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — A total of 20,814,413 individuals or 88.9 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia have received at least their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, according to the Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV).

An infographic shared on the committee’s official Twitter account today also showed 16,299,881 individuals, or 69.6 per cent, have completed their Covid-19 vaccination.

A total of 326,476 doses were administered yesterday bringing the cumulative figure for vaccines administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 37,071,789 doses.

PICK was launched on February 24 this year.

— Bernama

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