KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 62,809 children aged between five and 11 years, or 1.7 per cent of their population in Malaysia, have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Wednesday.
They were given the vaccine under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) which was launched last Feb 3 and will receive the second dose within an eight-week interval.
Meanwhile, a total of 12,769,610 individuals, or 54.5 per cent of the adult population in the country, have received the booster dose as of Wednesday.
A total of 22,933,328 individual’s or 98.0 per cent of the group have completed the vaccination and 99.2 per cent or 23,208,714 individuals have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
For adolescents aged between 12 and 17, a total of 2,793,710 individuals or 88.8 per cent of the population have completed the vaccination, while 2,871,310 individuals or 91.3 per cent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
— NNN-BERNAMA
