Khairy: By next week, more than 10 million people to have received Covid booster shots | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 ― Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said more than 10 million Covid-19 vaccination boosters are expected to be administered by next week.“As a result of our accelerated booster programme and SOPs, hospital capacity remains under control despite a surge of imported Omicron cases,” he posted on his social media accounts.

Khairy cited figures from the Health Ministry, which recorded a total 8,806,581 boosters being administered. The statistics posted on the ministry’s CovidNow portal showed that 37.6 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia have received their booster dose. As for the hospital capacity in the country, ventilator usage is currently at 33.2 per cent, Intensive Care Units at 55.4 per cent, hospital beds at 65.8 per cent and Covid-19 Low Risk Treatment and Quarantine Centre at 30.4 per cent.

Khairy also pointed out that the daily cases in Sarawak are now down to double-digit with indicators falling by more than 90 per cent since September.“Before Sarawak started its booster programme in October daily cases exceeded 3,000,” he said.

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