KUALA LUMPUR: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has reminded parents they have only eight days left to have their children vaccinated against Covid-19 without charge under the national immunisation programme.
The programme ends on May 15. After that date parents will have to pay for their children’s vaccination, with only the Sinovac vaccine available.
“Take the opportunity to protect your children from Covid-19, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, and other complications due to infection,” Khairy said in an online posting today.
“More than 1.5 million children have been vaccinated (with Covid-19 vaccine) in Malaysia. It is proven safe!”
The health ministry’s CovidNow website shows that 1.54 million children or 43.4% of those aged between five and 11 have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday.
A total of 894,826 or 25.2% of children from the age group in Malaysia have been fully vaccinated under PICKids, as of yesterday, it said.
A total of 2,896,056 or 93.1% of adolescents aged between 12 and 17 have received both doses while 2,993,641 or 96.2% have received the first dose of the vaccine.
The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force for Children (CITF-C) announced that the first dose under PICKids would no longer be offered after the May 15 deadline because of low demand, which could lead to high vaccine wastage.
After the deadline, only the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine will be offered for a fee, it added. - FMT
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