KUALA LUMPUR: The country has fully vaccinated 80 per cent of adolescents against Covid-19, believed to be among the fastest in the world.
According to the CovidNow website, 80.4 per cent of those aged between 12 to 17 were fully vaccinated while 87 per cent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
As of yesterday, 2,531,793 adolescents have been fully vaccinated while 2,740,442 have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine.
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin lauded the Covid-19 National Immunisation Programme (NIP) team for the achievement.
"About 80 per cent of Malaysia's adolescents were vaccinated in just 70 days.
"This is one of the fastest Covid-19 adolescent vaccination programmes with the widest coverage in the world. Syabas #PICKRemaja," he said via a tweet today.
Meanwhile, 76.1 of the total population in the country has been vaccinated as of yesterday while 78.4 have gotten at least one dose.
This involves 24,849,925 individuals being fully vaccinated and 765,702 people partially vaccinated.
There are still 7,317,045 individuals who have yet to be vaccinated in the country.
The country will reach 80 per cent of its fully vaccinated individuals target only by June 10 next year - 206 more days to go.