A total of 166,363 individuals have received the Covid-19 vaccine in Phase 1 of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as of yesterday (March 8), said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said of the total, Sarawak recorded the highest number of recipients for the first dose of the vaccine at 25,271, followed by Pahang (15,521), Selangor (15,357) and Johor (13,746).
“Kuala Lumpur has 13,681 individuals who have received the vaccine; Sabah (13,474), Kelantan (13,149), Perak (12,952), Kedah (9,358), Terengganu (9,081), Penang (6,487), and Negeri Sembilan (5,981).
“Meanwhile, in Malacca, a total of 4,411 people have been vaccinated, Perlis (3,062), Putrajaya (2,573) and Labuan (2,259),” he said through an infographic posted on Twitter today.
On Feb 24, the immunisation programme was launched with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Noor Hisham being among the first individuals to receive the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
- Bernama
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