Minister: 385,251 completed vaccination under Phase 1 of immunisation programme

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 385,251 individuals have received both doses of their vaccine shots under the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

He said as at Saturday, 571,472 received the first dose, bringing the total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country to 956,723.

In an infographic shared via his official Twitter account, Dr Adham said Selangor recorded the highest number of recipients administered with the first dose at 76,612, followed by Sarawak (59,531), Sabah (54,058), Perak (52,677) and Kuala Lumpur (52,110).

Meanwhile, Selangor also recorded the highest number of recipients who had completed both doses totalling 52,133, followed by Perak (41,348), Sabah (41,029), Kuala Lumpur (33,603) and Sarawak (30,639).

As for the number who had signed up for the vaccination programme, Dr Adham said as at Saturday, a total of 8,443,581 – or 34.80 per cent – had registered, with Selangor recording the highest number at 2,263,133.

According to the immunisation programme, the implementation period of the first phase of vaccination is from February to April this year, involving 500,000 frontliners, mainly health workers.

The second phase is from April to August this year involving 9.4 million senior citizens aged 60 and above, as well as vulnerable groups with morbidity problems, in addition to individuals with disabilities.

The third phase, scheduled from May 2020 to February 2022, is for individuals aged 18 and above, targetting about 13.7 million people.