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Pahang to kick off teen COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday

Sep 17, 2021

Pahang is set to give out the COVID-19 vaccine to teens starting Monday.

The state health department says the program will involve over 170,000 teenagers.

It adds that parents of such recipients must fill up a permission form, before their kids can receive the injection.

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55% of population complete both COVID vaccine doses

55% of the country's entire population has now been given both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

This means nearly 18 million people have already completed their vaccinations.

Overall, more than 39 million doses have been administered under the National Immunisation Program.

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New COVID-19 cases today dip to 17k

Malaysia reported a slight dip in new COVID-19 cases, after we logged 17,577 infections today.

The Health Ministry says Sarawak had the most cases, followed by Selangor, and Johor.

Labuan had the least infections at only 10.