KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (NNN-Bernama) — Some 40.8 per cent of Malaysian population or 13,315,774 people have completed both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination as of Monday, according to the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV).
An infographic shared on the committee’s official Twitter also showed 18,476,589 individuals have received the first dose, bringing to a total of 31,792,363 doses of the vaccine having been administered under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) until Monday.
It also showed the percentage of adult population in the country who have completed both doses of the vaccination having increased to 56.9 per cent.
On the daily vaccination, it recorded a drop, with 396,576 doses dispensed on Monday, from 441,100 doses two days ago. Of the total doses administered Monday, 246,109 of them were as second dose.
PICK was launched last Feb 24 to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
— NNN-BERNAMA
