{"id":10676,"date":"2021-08-10T11:47:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T03:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10676"},"modified":"2021-08-10T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T03:47:12","slug":"over-25-million-covid-vaccine-doses-administered-as-of-monday-dr-adham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10676","title":{"rendered":"Over 25 million COVID vaccine doses administered as of Monday &#8211; Dr Adham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10&nbsp;&#8212;&nbsp;A total of 25,008,230&nbsp;doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered through the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) as of Aug 9, said&nbsp;Health Minister&nbsp;Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an infographic shared on his Twitter, he said of the total, 15,959,596 individuals received their first dose while&nbsp;9,048,634 people got&nbsp;their&nbsp;second dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn terms of percentage, 68.2\u00a0percent of the country\u2019s population has received the first dose of the vaccine, while 38.7\u00a0percent has completed both doses of the vaccination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-11.45.05.png\" alt=\"dr adham\" class=\"wp-image-10677\" width=\"527\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-11.45.05.png 589w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-11.45.05-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-11.45.05-161x100.png 161w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-11.45.05-350x217.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On the daily vaccination rate, Dr Adham&nbsp;said 465,793 doses were administered Monday,&nbsp;with 187,495 as the&nbsp;first dose and 278,298&nbsp;the second dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PICK was launched on Feb&nbsp;24 to contain the&nbsp;COVID-19 pandemic which hit the country early last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; 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