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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is in the top five among Asean countries in terms of the percentage of people who have received at least their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, as of June 2.
According to the Our World in Data website, 6.48% of the population in Malaysia have received at least the first dose.
This is followed by Indonesia at 6.13%.
In the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam, the number of people who have received at least the first dose is still below 4%.
The site noted that Singapore is top at 38.99% as of June 2, followed by Cambodia (15.94% as of June 2), Brunei (9.52% as of May 29) and Laos (9.14% as of June 1).
HAVE you registered for the Covid-19 vaccine? That is the question all Malaysians have been asked on a daily basis since the government launched the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme on Feb 24. The multi-channel marketing blitz which covers radio, TV, mainstream media as well as social media aims to educate and encourage all Malaysians to sign up for vaccinations.
On the first day of the campaign itself, more than half-a-million people registered via the MySejahtera app. As at April 19, 9.05 million Malaysians had registered. Very few, however, have received notifications of scheduled appointments.
According to Our World in Data, only 451,237 people had been fully vaccinated as at April 19, the majority of whom are frontliners. Another 275,174 people have received at least one dose, bringing the total to about 1.2 million doses administered. (The Pfizer vaccine requires two doses per person for full vaccination). That translates into little over 2% of total Malaysians tha