KUALA LUMPUR – A total of 20,927,867 individuals, or 89.4% of the adult population in the country, have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, just 0.6 percentage points short of the targeted 90%.
Based on Health Ministry data on the CovidNow portal, 94.7%, or 22,166,911 adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
A total of 174,820 doses of the vaccine were dispensed yesterday, with 74,199 as the first dose and 100,621 as second doses, bringing the total number of doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 45,379,299.
Meanwhile, 5.6%, or 177,029 adolescents aged between 12 and 17, have completed their vaccination and 70.4%, or 2,217,920 teenagers, have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
On September 22, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob had said interstate travel would resume once 90% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated. – Bernama, October 9, 2021
