PETALING JAYA: Kelantan’s rising Covid-19 clusters emerging from workplaces, especially in the education sector, is the contributing factor in the rapid increase in cases there.
Kelantan’s Covid-19 infectivity rate is now at 1.43, the highest among other states. The national infectivity rate is at 1.16.
Based on
The Star’s analysis, Kelantan has the third lowest vaccination rate compared to other states in the country, with an estimated 1.73% of the state’s population having received the first dose and 1.04% having received their second dose.
In terms of vaccine registration, data from the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee (JKJAV) showed that participation from Kelantan is the second lowest among other states and federal territories in the country, with only 24.4% of the people in Kelantan having signed up for the vaccine as of yesterday.