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

Sep 09, 2021


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)!

half of malaysia's population has been fully vaccinated against covid-19Photo via The Star

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.

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