Covid: 41.6 Per Cent Of Malaysia's Adult Population Given Booster Dose

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- Over nine million or 41.6 per cent of Malaysia's adult population have received the COVID-19 booster dose as of Tuesday. According to the Health Ministry’s COVIDNOW portal, a total of 22,909,192 or 97.9 per cent of the adult population have completed their vaccination, while 23,188,245 individuals or 99.1 per cent of the group have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. For adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,774,961 individuals or 88.2 per cent have completed their vaccination, while 2,861,715 individuals or 91 per cent have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Meanwhile, daily statistics showed that a total of 129,597 doses of vaccine were administered Tuesday, which included 1,043 as first dose and 1,488 as second dose, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 61,275,453. Meanwhile, according to the MOH's Github portal, nine COVID-19 deaths were reported Tuesday in states of Selangor, Pahang, and Melaka recording two cases each, and one case each in Terengganu, Sabah, and Kelantan state. -- BERNAMA