Covid-19: 166,363 individuals vaccinated as at March 8, says Noor Hisham

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): A total of 166,363 individuals had received the vaccine in Phase 1 of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as at yesterday (March 8), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

He said of the total, Sarawak recorded the highest number of individuals receiving 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, [followed by] 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 Melaka, a total of 4,411 people have been vaccinated, [followed by] Perlis (3,062), Putrajaya (2,573) and Labuan (2,259),” he said through an infographic posted on his Twitter account today.

On Feb 24, the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme was launched with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Noor Hisham being among the first individuals to receive the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.

Source: TheEdgeMarkets