8.5 per cent of children receive first dose in Brunei as health ministry reports only 362 cases on Friday night (April 8)

A young boy receives a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Bandar Seri Begawan on Friday, April 8, 2022. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, April 9 (Borneo Bullein/ANN): As of this week, under Brunei's National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme for children aged five to 11, a total of 3,667 or 8.5 per cent of children have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar said this during the daily press conference in the capital.