Malaysia’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered topped 37 million as of Sept 7

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): Malaysia’s cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered topped 37 million as of yesterday (Sept 7) after daily shots given rose to 326,476 from 313,751 on Monday (Sept 6), according to the latest updates on Facebook today by the country's Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), citing data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF).

The CITF said the cumulative 37.07 million doses involved 20.81 million people or 63.7% of Malaysia’s population who had received at least one jab, including 16.3 million individuals or 49.9% of the population who were fully vaccinated.

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According to the CITF, the fully vaccinated category represents the number of people who have received the second jab of the two-dose vaccination or one dose of the single-shot CanSino Covid-19 vaccine.

Meanwhile, the 326,476 doses administered yesterday involved 134,307 persons who received their first shot and 192,169 recipients who were fully inoculated, the CITF added.

Malaysia's Covid-19 vaccination scheme started on Feb 24 this year, with then prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin taking the first jab.

Based on the government's target of having 80% of the country's population of about 33 million people fully vaccinated to achieve herd immunity, the nation will need to have about 26 million individuals fully inoculated against the pandemic.

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