KUALA LUMPUR: Health Ministry found that a number of teenagers have been missing their second dose Covid-19 vaccination appointment for the past week.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said the vaccination for the group should have reached 80 per cent by Nov 11.
However, according to the latest projection, the vaccination of teenagers would only reach 80 per cent by end of this month or early December, he said.
"The (infection) risk is high for the group who have not completed their vaccination. This would affect the reopening of schools and also the reopening of economic sector in the country," he said today.
He reminded parents to fulfil the appointments given.
Dr Noor Azmi also said the occurence of adverse side effects from vaccination was rare and early treatment would aid in recovery.
As of Nov 3, 83.3 per cent (2,622,306) teenagers had received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccination while 69.8 per cent (2,197,961) have received both the doses.
States with the high vaccination rates are Melaka (88.6 per cent), Perlis (87.8 per cent), Penang (83.7 per cent), Kedah (81 per cent) and Terengganu (80.9 per cent).