KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― A total of 881,602 or 24.8 per cent of children aged five to 11 in Malaysia have been fully vaccinated under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday. According to the CovidNow website, 1,538,685 or 43.3 per cent of this group have.
The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) will review the data of COVID-19 vaccines for the 5-12 years age bracket and 6-12 years age group.
The Food and Drug Administration's long-awaited authorization of COVID vaccines for the country's youngest children may be coming soon after the federal agency announced plans to convene its vaccine advisory committee this coming June to discuss that particular topic.
DNA Special: All you need to know about Covid-19 vaccines available for children - Crores of families in the country were waiting for vaccination for young children. And now that good news has come.
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given a restricted emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children aged 6-12 years, ANI news agency reported on Tuesday (April 26, 2022).