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 […]
Gutsy Ivann, 10, is first under 12 vaccine recipient
KUCHING: His determination to be vaccinated has made Ivann Muammar Imaan Andy, the first child under 12 in Sarawak to receive the Pfizer vaccine for children. The eldest brother of the three siblings was among 30 children who were vaccinated in conjunction with the launch of the Children’s COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICKids) at the CRC […]
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 […]
