KUALA LUMPUR – A total of 1,055 schools have been identified and set as vaccination centres (PPV) for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids), which will be operational by Monday.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said, however, the number of school PPVs is expected to increase from time to time.
“All these schools will be vaccination centres for students at the school and from nearby schools,” he said in a statement today.
Dr Noor Azmi, who is also the chairman of the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force for Children, said that lists of eligible children would be provided by the schools for vaccination by the school health team or private medical practitioners.
He also reminded parents or guardians to register their dependents through MySejahtera to get vaccination appointments and digital vaccination certificates, adding that those who are not given the facilities, dates, and locations of their appointments will be informed by the school management.
He said the Education Ministry had also agreed to help set up group appointments for vaccination at schools or centres identified by the district health offices and education offices to ensure the smooth implementation of the vaccination exercise.
To avoid congestion at PPVs, Dr Noor Azmi said, only one parent or guardian is allowed to accompany the child.
He added that parents should ensure that the child to be vaccinated gets adequate rest, takes breakfast, and drinks enough water before going for vaccination.
“Parents need to monitor children so that they do not do strenuous activities for seven days after receiving the vaccine,” he said.
PICKids was started on February 3, targeting 3.6 million children aged five to under 11 to protect children from Covid-19 infection.
It also aims to ensure that the infection risk in schools can be contained, preventing clusters among school children.
As of yesterday, a total of 79,393 or 2.2% of children from the ages of 5 to 11 in the country have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. – Bernama, February 11, 2022
