Mixed reaction from parents to vaccinations for kids
MUKAH: Parents have expressed their concerns over the government’s recent decision to vaccinate children below 12 years old given that even adults are not completely protected after their immunisation. While most parents are supportive because they view that the administration of the vaccine provides some protection, others are sceptical. Researchers in the USA found that […]
Miri eyes six months to complete vaccination
MIRI: Health authorities here are hoping to vaccinate all 21,686 students aged five to 11 within the next six months. The Covid-19 vaccination effort began on Monday (Feb 7) under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Kids (PICKids). Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lim Kin Shin said the programme got off the ground smoothly at the […]
Vaccines for children arrive in Miri
MIRI: The Miri Division Health Office has received an initial supply of Pfizer vaccines on Jan 29 for the National Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) here that is scheduled to begin on Monday, Feb 7. A fraction of the supplies was distributed to health clinics in rural areas that had a medical officer on Jan […]
Monitor vaxxed children, parents told
KUCHING: Parents are advised to monitor their children for a few days after they have received the COVID-19 vaccine. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said this precaution should be taken in case of side effects or other issues which could occur. “It is our […]
Don’t forget to get your children vaxxed
KUCHING: A total of 272,500 children between five and 11 years old in Sarawak are eligible to participate in the Children’s Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICKids). Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said these students constituted 9.6 per cent of the state’s total population. “Today, a total of 30 children with various comorbidities, including […]
Some four million children to be inoculated
KUCHING: Some four million children aged between five and 12 would receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The federal Health Minister was speaking to the media at the launch of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) at Tunku Azizah Hospital in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (Feb 3). 0.2ml — one-third of […]
517,107 kids registered for Covid-19 vaccine
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 517,107 kids aged five to 11 years in the country have been registered for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine by their parents up to Tuesday (Feb 1), said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. In his tweet today, he said the figure was about 15 per cent of the total cohorts of 3.6 […]
54,000 paediatric vaccines arrive in Kuching
KUCHING: A total of 54,000 Pfizer-BioNTech paediatric COVID-19 vaccines from the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) for children, aged five to 11, arrived at Kuching International Airport on Friday night (Jan 28). Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian explained that paediatric vaccines are different from those for adults, not just in terms […]
Jabs for kids below 12 timely: Dr Sim
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian welcomes the COVID-19 vaccination programme for children below 12 starting next month. He said it was timely in view of the reopening of schools in Phase Four of the National Recovery Plan (NRP). “Sarawak will continue the great partnership with Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and […]
Don’t delay vaccinating children: Experts
THE vaccination programme for children aged five to 11 is expected to start soon now that Malaysia’s Drug Control Authority has granted conditional approval for the administration of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children in that age group. Although their vaccine dosage will be much lower than that administered to adolescents and adults, many parents feel […]
