Health Ministry: More than 50pc have completed their vaccinations

This handout photo by Singapore's Ministry of Communications and Information shows the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine being given to senior staff nurse Sarah Lim (R) as Singapore began its vaccination exercise with the first batch of healthcare workers at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). -- MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION/ AFP

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KUALA LUMPUR: More than 66 per cent of the total population, representing around 21.57 mil individuals in the country have been inoculated with one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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According to the Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal, 17.48mil individuals (53.5 per cent) completed their vaccination cycle as of 11.59pm on Sept 13.

The portal showed that a total 2,476,453 individuals are currently waiting for their first dose, while the remaining 8,607,599 individuals representing 26.4 per cent of the total population did not register for the Covid-19 vaccination.

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On a daily, the country administered around 227,147 doses of vaccine, with more than 69,235 individuals partially vaccinated and 157,912 individuals completing their vaccination cycle.

The country has administered more than 38,990,335 Covid-19 vaccine doses since the Covid-19 National Immunisation Programme (NIP) begun on Feb 24 this year.

The ministry projects 60 per cent of the total population in the country would be fully vaccinated by September 26. -NST