Malaysia is not too far behind in the fight against Covid-19

The good news is Malaysia is not too far behind in performance. The bad news is, even if 100% of Malaysians have been vaccinated, this does not mean Covid-19 will go away. It is still going to be with us. Hence our task now is to learn how to live with Covid.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

As at today, 27.5% of the world’s population has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and 13.9% are fully vaccinated.

Around four billion doses of the vaccine have been administered globally, and 29 million are now being administered each day.

However, only 1.1% of the people in low-income countries have received at least one dose.

In Malaysia, as of yesterday, a total of 18,393,347 Covid-19 vaccine jabs have been administered nationwide, which comes to around 57% of the population.

At the rate Malaysia is going, which means at half a million jabs a day, by or before the end of 2021, most Malaysians would be fully vaccinated.

In the UK, 46,653,796 people (or 69%) have received their first dose and 37,459,060 (or 56%) their second dose.

In the US, 49.7% of the people have been fully vaccinated and the government has asked its citizens to start wearing masks again because a very high percentage of those who have been infected with Covid-19 are those who have been fully vaccinated. In some countries, 80-90% of those who got Covid have already been vaccinated.

The good news is Malaysia is not too far behind in performance. The bad news is, even if 100% of Malaysians have been vaccinated, this does not mean Covid-19 will go away. It is still going to be with us. Hence our task now is to learn how to live with Covid.