With 3,301 persons receiving their first dose on Saturday, 69,071 persons are required to get their second dose.

The total number of people who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus is now 299,077 with 659 people receiving their second jab on Saturday. This included 269 people from the Greater Male’ Area and 390 from Atolls.

According to Health Protection Agency (HPA), out of the 3,301 people who received their first dose, 1,741 were from the Greater Male’ Area and 1,560 were from Atolls.

With the Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC)'s announcement that the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive launched in February is now in its final stages, more people have been receiving their jabs. Further, various protocols and restrictions have been announced for unvaccinated persons.

The government aims to have 95 percent of the eligible adult population vaccinated by the end of August. While authorities have now begun to administer the Pfizer vaccine to children aged 12 to 17, work is underway to complete first doses of all eligible children before the end of the month.

HPA is working with the education ministry to support the government's aim, with awareness programs held for parents to ensure that all school children are given consent to receive vaccination.

While President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has called on all eligible to "go and get vaccination shots now", he stressed that Maldives is “among the few countries that have been able to secure enough vaccines to immunize the entire eligible population”.