Malaysia aims to inoculate 60% of population by end-September

[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia aims to vaccinate 60 per cent of the country's population by the end of September, according to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

The nation has ramped up the pace of inoculations in recent weeks, and 4.08 million individuals, or 12.5 per cent of the population, have got at least one dose of the Covid vaccine, he said at a World Bank forum on Wednesday.

The government is confident of administering 11 million doses in July, 13 million by the end of August, and a further eight million by the end of September, Mr Khairy said.