66% of new Covid cases lack full vaccination, says DG

66% of new Covid cases lack full vaccination, says DG

Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says fully vaccinated people are better protected and less likely to have a serious infection.

Fully-vaccinated people are less likely to suffer serious infections, says the health director-general.
KUALA LUMPUR:
More than two-thirds (66.3%) of the 20,396 new Covid-19 cases reported today have no history of having received a vaccine dose or had incomplete vaccination against the infection, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.

He said there were 6,877 people or 33.7% of the total number of infected who had completed their vaccination. Of these, 6,795 were in Category 1 or 2, with no symptoms or with minor symptoms.

“This situation shows that those who have completed their vaccination are better protected and less likely to get a serious Covid-19 infection,” he said in his daily Covid-19 briefing. Bernama reported.

He said there were 322 cases in Category 3-5 of which 74.5%, or 240 cases comprise those unvaccinated or with incomplete vaccination, compared to only 82 cases who have been fully vaccinated.

The health ministry has reported that more than 20 million Malaysians (61% of the total population) have received at least one vaccine dose, and more than 15 million (47% of the population) have been fully vaccinated.

Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Saturday that Malaysia’s vaccination rate had surpassed that of the United States.

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