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COVID-19 vaccines were administered to 67,823 more persons on Wednesday according to the Epidemiology Unit.
It said 16,294,449 persons have received the first vaccine dose and 13,878,734 persons have received the second dose. The booster dose has been administered to 4,829,720 persons. On Wednesday, 25,577 persons received the booster dose.
The first dose of Pfizer was administered to 39,309 persons on Wednesday, raising the total number of persons to have received the first dose of the vaccine to 1,865,738. The second dose of Pfizer has been administered to 487,076 persons, including 1,696 persons vaccinated on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, 400 persons received the first dose of Sinopharm, and 814 persons received the second dose of the vaccine. The first dose of Sinopharm has been administered to a total of 11,985,169 persons and the second dose has been administered to 11,029,892 persons.
The Epidemiology Unit said that 1,479,631 persons have received the first dose of AstraZeneca, and 1,418,593 persons have received the second dose of the vaccine.
A total of 804,801 persons have received the first dose of Moderna, and 787,361 persons have received the second dose of the vaccine.
The first dose of Sputnik V has been administered to 159,110 persons, and the second dose of the vaccine has been administered to 155,812 persons.
According to Our World in Data, 75.6% of the country’s total population has received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 64.55% of the population has received the second dose as well. As of 19 January, 33% of the population over 20 years had received the booster dose.