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Senior citizens in wheelchairs are placed at a special waiting area during the observation process after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine at Dewan Agong Tuanku Canselor Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) vaccination centre, Shah Alam, on June 28, 2021. — Picture by BERNAMA

Daily vaccination hits 500,000 doses for three consecutive days

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The number of Covid-19 vaccines administered in the country exceeded 500,000 doses for three consecutive days with 552,701 doses administered yesterday.

On Monday, 521,923 doses were dispensed nationwide while a record high of 553,871 doses was administered on Tuesday.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba in a tweet said of the total daily doses given out yesterday, 353,771 were the first dose while 198,930 were the second dose.

Meanwhile, since the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) was implemented on February 24, the cumulative vaccine doses dispensed nationwide stands at 18,946,048 involving 12,841,212 individuals getting their first jab and 6,104,836 their second.

— Bernama

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