KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 31.9% or 10,425,300 of the country’s population have completed two doses of Covid-19 vaccination, says Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

       The Health Minister, through an infographic shared on his official Twitter account, said a total of 16,868,615 people or 51.7% had received the first dose.

       This brings the cumulative number of doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 27,293,915.

       In terms of percentage, 72.1% of the country’s adult population had received the first dose while 44.5% had completed both doses.

       On daily vaccination rate, Dr Adham said a total of 442,150 doses were administered on Saturday with 161,049 being the first dose while 281,101 the second dose.

       PICK was launched on Feb 24 to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, which hit the country last year. — Bernama