Nearly 33% of children fully vaccinated against Covid-19

A total of 1,166,385 children or 32.9% of those aged five to 11 had completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

According to the CovidNow portal, a total of 1,714,171 children or 48.3% have received at least one dose of vaccine.

For adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,913,093 or 93.6% have completed their vaccination while 3,009,604 or 96.7% have received at least one dose.

A total of 16,094,258 individuals or 68.4% of the adult population have received a booster dose while 22,974,281 individuals or 97.6% have completed two doses of vaccine.

A total of 23,250,933 individuals or 98.8% have received at least one dose.

Yesterday, a total of 10,883 vaccine doses were dispensed, with 5,172 as first doses, 4,709 as second shots and 1,002 as booster jabs.

This brings the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 70,908,659.