SHAH ALAM -- Almost 290,000 children or 8.2 per cent of the child population between the ages of five and 11 in Malaysia have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The COVIDNOW website further added 13,607,475 individuals or 57.8 per cent of the adult population are boosted with the third dose, while 22,940,521 individuals or 97.5 per cent have completed their two doses.
A total of 164,572 doses of the vaccine were administered yesterday, including 42,659 doses for children below 11 years; 1,637 as second dose and 117,684 as second dose, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered to 65,524,828 dos.
According to the Health Ministry’s GitHub portal, 21 deaths due to COVID-19 were recorded yesterday, with nine of them in Sabah, four cases each in Johor and Perak; two cases in Kedah and one each in Kelantan and Negeri Sembilan. - Bernama