KUALA LUMPUR, 14 JULY: For the second day in a row, Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 vaccination rate surpassed 400,000 doses, with 424,541 doses delivered yesterday (July 13), up from 421,479 doses the day before. According to tweets from the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV), which cited statistics from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force, 260,286 vaccine doses were supplied to first-dose recipients, while the remaining 164,255 doses were given to second-dose recipients (CITF).
The seven-day moving average of Covid-19 immunization in the country increased to 364,602 doses from 352,530 doses the day before due to the rise in doses administered.
Selangor, with 72,644 daily shots for first doses on Tuesday, had the greatest number of states and federal territories, followed by Kuala Lumpur (47,244) and Sarawak (47,244). (24,381).
Sarawak had the most daily second dosages, with 52,551 provided, followed by Selangor with 25,696 and Kuala Lumpur with 25,690. (23,707).
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The total number of vaccination doses distributed across the country was 12.21 million. Of them, 8.36 million people have received at least one dosage, while 3.85 million people, or 11.76 percent of the country’s population, have received two doses.
In the meantime, 4.51 million people have received their first vaccination.
Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Malaysia’s Director-General of Health, urged Malaysians to get their vaccinations, adding that individuals who are inoculated are much less infectious and are less likely to become ill.
Those who have been vaccinated have a 50% risk of infecting others, according to the Health DG, who also stated that immunization is the greatest method to handle the country’s increasing Covid-19 issue.
Covid-19 infections, on the other hand, are projected to rise in the next two weeks, he said, because the highly contagious Delta version has been found in practically every state.
The variation, which originated in India, has an infectivity rate of 5 to 8 in R0 value and can spread quicker via airborne transmission.
For the first time, Malaysia recorded a five-digit number of daily Covid-19 infections yesterday. A total of 11,079 Covid-19 instances were discovered, bringing the total number of active cases to 96,236.
Since the pandemic began last year, the country has recognized 855,949 Covid-19 infections./n
