517,000 kids aged 5-11 have registered for Covid-19 jabs

517,000 kids aged 5-11 have registered for Covid-19 jabs

Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin hopes at least half of the children in the country will be vaccinated by the end of the month.

The immunisation programme under PICKids, for children aged 5 to 11, is expected to begin tomorrow. (Freepik pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
A total of 517,107 children aged five to 11 have been registered for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine by their parents up to Tuesday, said health minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

In his tweet today, he said the figure was about 15% of the total number of 3.6 million.

“Good start and @KKMPutrajaya (health ministry) will continue to communicate the benefits of getting vaxxed,” he said.

Khairy said he was hopeful that almost half of the children in Malaysia would get vaccinated by the end of this month.

The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force for Children (CITF-C) under his deputy, Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali, would be working hard together with the education ministry, he added.

Khairy also uploaded an infographic which showed Selangor had the highest number of requests for the vaccines up to yesterday, with 131,500 registered under the immunisation programme for children (PICKids).

Vaccination appointments are currently being released in stages on MySejahtera, for parents or guardians in Klang Valley.

It was reported earlier that the rollout of vaccine doses for these children will kick off tomorrow in the Klang Valley, at hospitals and integrated vaccination centres.

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