Malaysia starts coronavirus vaccination program for children aged 5-11 today

Malaysia's Minister of Health, Khairi Jamaluddin, said: Malaysia will start pushing for vaccination against COVID-19 to children aged 5-11 today in hopes of protecting children in this age group from COVID-19.  เกมยิงปลาออนไลน์

Such a movement has After Malaysia reported 147,282 total COVID-19 cases in the past six months. with 26 deaths

He also said children are at risk of developing multiple systemic inflammatory disease in children (MIS-C) and the "Long Covid" disease that leads to prolonged illness. and interferes with the child's recovery.

Mr. Kairi said The health ministry aims to give one dose of the vaccine to 70 percent of schoolchildren aged 7-12 years old and 50 percent among the 3.6 million 5-year-olds in the country by the end of February. Nov.

Khairi also expressed his appreciation for the enthusiasm of parents of children to cooperate with the vaccination program, saying that as of Feb. 1, 517,107 children eligible for vaccination had fallen. Vaccination registered.

Xinhua news agency reported that Malaysia issued a total of 30,194 doses of COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday alone, and 79.8% of the population in Malaysia has received at least one dose of the vaccine, of which 78.7 percent have received it. Completed dose and 36.9% received booster vaccination.