Half Of Malaysia's Population Has Been Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19

A total of 16,492,296 individuals or 50.5% of Malaysia’s total population have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of Wednesday (September 8th)!

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The Special Committee for Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) shared an infographic on their official Twitter account also showing that 20,943,582 individuals or 64.1% of the total population have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

A total of 320,452 doses were administered yesterday, of which 128,038 are first doses and the remaining 192,414 being the second dose.

Lebih 50% populasi keseluruhan Malaysia telah lengkap divaksinasi.

Laporan kumulatif vaksinasi mengikut negeri setakat 8 September 2021.#LindungDiriLindungSemua pic.twitter.com/eDL9jschnP

— Vaksin COVID-19 🇲🇾 (@JKJAVMY) September 9, 2021

This brings the cumulative figure for vaccines administered under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 37,392,241 doses.

Well done, Malaysians! Herd-immunity, here we come!

By: Aishah Akashah Ahadiat