Perak hopes to receive the balance of its vaccine supply before the end of this month to ensure the Covid-19 vaccination rate in the state reaches 40 percent.

Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad said Perak had so far received 452,610 of the 688,760 doses stipulated and until July 21, 600,627 or 32 percent of the state’s residents had received the first dose while 311,793 or 10.8 percent had completed their vaccination with the second dose...