5,000 kids receive first dose

The National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme for children aged 12 to 17 aims to vaccinate 38,201 students nationwide within two weeks. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN

BRUNEI (Borneo Bulletin/Asia New Network): Some 5,000 children received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as the country began inoculating children aged 12 to 17 yesterday.

According to the Ministry of Education (MoE), the National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme for children is an agenda under the Ministry of Health (MoH) with cooperation from the MoE and the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) to curb the spread of infection in the country.