{"id":10700,"date":"2021-08-11T12:08:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T04:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10700"},"modified":"2021-08-11T12:08:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T04:08:43","slug":"28-3-percent-of-malaysian-population-complete-covid-19-vaccination-dr-adham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10700","title":{"rendered":"28.3 percent of Malaysian population complete COVID-19 vaccination &#8211; Dr Adham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 &#8212; Some 28.3&nbsp;per cent or 9,246,295 of the country\u2019s population have completed both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination as of yesterday, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through an infographic shared on his Twitter, the minister said a total of 16,119,916 people have received the first dose of the vaccine, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered until yesterday to \u00a025,366,211 doses.<\/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-2021-08-11-at-12.06.06.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10701\" width=\"491\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-11-at-12.06.06.png 587w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-11-at-12.06.06-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-11-at-12.06.06-159x100.png 159w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-11-at-12.06.06-350x220.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAccording to percentage, 68.9&nbsp;per cent of the country\u2019s adult population has received the first dose, and 39.5 per cent have completed both the doses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the daily vaccination rate,&nbsp;357,891 vaccine doses were dispensed yesterday with&nbsp;160,320 doses as first dose and 197,661 doses for the second dose recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme was launched last Feb 24 to curb the spread of the virus in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; 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