PETALING JAYA: The goal of vaccinating 80% of the population is well ahead of schedule following a record 1.07 million doses administered over two days this week, says Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
“The daily vaccination rate reached its highest on Tuesday when a total of 553,871 doses were successfully administered nationwide where 356,112 individuals received their first dose and 197,759 their second dose.
This followed the 521,923 jabs given on Monday, he said when briefing the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.
He said this meant that a total of 1,075,794 doses were administered with some 692,733 or 2% of the population getting their first dose in just two days.