KUALA LUMPUR – A total of 195,923 individuals have received the Covid-19 vaccine in Phase 1 of the national immunisation programme up to yesterday.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in an infographic shared on Twitter today, said Sarawak has the highest number of recipients of the first dose at 27,500, followed by Selangor (19,251), Kuala Lumpur (16,887) and Pahang (16,342).
“Sabah has 16,245 recipients, Perak (15,881), Johor (15,843), Kelantan (14,185), Kedah (11,638), Terengganu (11,261) and Negri Sembilan (8,385).
“Meanwhile, 7,781 people in Penang have been vaccinated, Melaka (5,365), Perlis (4,158), Putrajaya (2,941) and Labuan (2,260).”
The vaccination programme was launched on February 24, with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Dr Noor Hisham being among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech jab. – Bernama, March 10, 2021
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