KUCHING: Parents have been urged to take the opportunity to protect their children from Covid-19 as the registration for the first dose under the COVID-19 National Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) will be closed on Sunday (May 15).
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has recently posted in his Twitter account that apart from COVID-19, the vaccination also means to protect the children from Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) and other complications due to infection.
He stressed that more than 1.5 million children have been vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine) in Malaysia, hence, it is proven safe.
After PICKids ended, children would have to pay to get the vaccines. Only the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine will be offered for a fee.
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 due to low demand which could lead to high vaccine wastage.
PICKids cannot be extended as it involves the expiration date of the vaccine, the delivery schedule from the manufacturer as well as efforts to procure more antiviral drugs.
