Malaysia

PICKids: over 20% of children fully vaccinated

CovidNow website reports 42.2% have been jabbed at least once

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 26 Apr 2022 9:42AM

PICKids: over 20% of children fully vaccinated
A total of 736,114 children aged between five and 11 years have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme For Children (PICKids). – The Vibes file pic, April 26, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – A total of 736,114 children aged between five and 11 years or 20.7% of the population in this age group have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme For Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

According to the CovidNow website, 1,497,935 children or 42.2% of this group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

For teenagers aged between 12 and 17 years old, 2,888,431 individuals or 92.8% have completed their vaccination while 2,987,570 or 96% have received at least one dose.

As for the adult population, a total of 16,014,864 individuals or 68.1% have received the booster dose, while 22,964,800 or 97.6% have completed both doses and 23,241,481 or 98.8% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Yesterday, 38,691 doses of vaccine were administered, comprising 26,489 doses as second shots, 4,524 booster jabs and 7,678 doses as first shots, bringing to 70,118,091 the cumulative number of doses given out under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry’s GitHub portal, eight deaths related to Covid-19 were reported yesterday, with Selangor recording the most with five fatalities, followed by Kedah with two cases and one case in Melaka. – Bernama, April 26, 2022

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