KUALA LUMPUR (June 20): For the first time since Dec 18, 2020, Malaysia reported zero deaths due to Covid-19, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Let us pray it continues paying off,” he said via his official Twitter account on Sunday (June 19). Meanwhile, a total of 1,294,225 or 36.5% of children aged five to 11 in the country had completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Sunday. Follow our Covid-19 vaccination tracker to see where we are in the race to herd immunity. According to the COVIDNOW portal, a total of 1,737,624 children or 49% of the age group had received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Source: The Edge Markets June 20, 2022 07:36 UTC