First dose vaccination rate for Forms Five, Five students at 90, 98pct

 

About 90 and 88 percent of Form Five and Form Four students in schools nationwide have received at least one dose of their Covid-19 vaccine.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin revealed the development in his latest post on his Twitter this morning.

Khairy said as the country reopened schools, it was necessary to ensure that they could return to their schools safely.

"With schools #ReopeningSafely, 90 percent of 17-year-olds and 88 percent of 16-year-olds in @KemPendidikan schools have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Let’s get our children back to school safely," Khairy tweeted.

About 47,000 students in Terengganu, Kelantan and Langkawi, Kedah, resumed face-to-face classes yesterday, while another 94,000 in 10 states were back at schools today.

Rotation method

Education Minister Dr Radzi Jidin had previously said these initial batches involved students who will sit for examinations.

He said the schools involved will use a student rotation method with the weekly attendance set at 50 percent capacity of classes to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection.

Through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) for Adolescents, the government is targeting 60 percent of teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 to get at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by November, and 80 percent of them to be fully vaccinated before schools open for the 2022 session.

- Bernama