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77.5pc of adult population vaccinated against Covid-19
Published on: Saturday, September 18, 2021
By: Bernama
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77.5pc of adult population vaccinated against Covid-19
Photo: Bernama
Kuala Lumpur: A total of 18,135,561 individuals, or 77.5 per cent, of the adult population in the country have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of yesterday, according to the Special Committee on Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV).

JKJAV, in an infographic on its official Twitter account today, said 92.9 per cent or 21,861,904 individuals of the adult population had received at least one dose of the vaccine.

On the daily vaccination rate, it said 238,002 doses of the vaccines were dispensed yesterday, comprising 162,016 first doses and 75,986 second doses, bringing the number of doses dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) to 39,923,416.

The NIP was launched on Feb 24 this year to curb the spread of Covid-19.




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