KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 462,335 people have received both doses of their vaccine shots as of Tuesday (April 20) under the first phase of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme.
According to an infographic uploaded by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba on his official Twitter site today,, 748,444 people have received the first dose, bringing the total number of first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the country now to 1,210,779 doses .
The five states that have the highest COVID-19 vaccine injections for both doses so far are Selangor with 65,961 people, followed by Perak (48,942), Kuala Lumpur (42,638), Sabah (43,741) and Sarawak (38,864).
The infographic also stated that the five states with the highest first dose administered were Selangor with 104,338 people, followed by Kuala Lumpur (82,907), Johor (71,877), Sarawak (70,887) and Perak (61,804).
Meanwhile, the number of registrations for the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme stood at 9,100,472 or 37.50 per cent of the target, with Selangor recording the highest number, at 2,385,020 registrations.
According to the immunisation programme, the implementation period of the first phase of vaccination is from February to April, involving 500,000 frontliners, mainly health workers.
The second phase kicked off today and will last until August this year involving 9.4 million senior citizens, aged 60 and above, as well as vulnerable groups with morbidity problems, in addition to persons with disabilities.
The third phase scheduled from May to February 2022 is for individuals aged 18 and above, targetting about 14 million people.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Wed Apr 21 2021
Dr Adham also said a total of 748,444 Malaysians have received the first dose. Filepic/AWANI
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