Malaysia ranks 10th globally with highest fully COVID-19 vaccinated rate
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia is ranked 10th among countries with the highest percentage of population fully vaccinated
against COVID-19 globally, according the New York Times' CodeBlue vaccination
tracker.
Reports on health policy and management issues worldwide conducted by CodeBlue
show that 77 percent of Malaysia’s total population had fully
inoculated, and about 80 percent of its total population had been vaccinated
with at least one dose as of November 8.
A total of 492,054 booster doses have been administered nationwide to date.
Malaysia also ranks 33rd of only 44 countries
that have inoculated booster COVID-19 vaccine doses, with 1.5 percent of
Malaysia’s population receiving boosters or extra shots.
Nine countries with the highest percentage of
full COVID-19 vaccination are the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) (89 percent), Portugal (87
percent), Malta (85 percent), Singapore (82 percent), Chile (81 percent),
Cambodia (80 percent), Spain (79 percent), Qatar (78 percent), and Iceland (77
percent).
The New York Times stressed
that although 52.2 percent of the global population have received
at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, vaccination rates show stark gaps between
countries./.