A total of 56.7 percent of the people in Johor have received their first booster shot and only 1.8 percent their second booster vaccine against Covid-19 as of Jan 3, according to a state executive councillor.

State Health and Unity Committee chairperson Ling Tian Soon said as of yesterday, 87 percent of the population in the state had received primary doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

"The protection provided by this Covid-19 vaccine...