A boy receiving his Covid-19 vaccine from a medical officer at a vaccination centre in Bandar Seri Begawan. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 13 (Bandar Seri Begawan/ANN): A strong turnout of 2,810 children aged between five and 11 were administered the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine earlier this week, bumping up the vaccination rate for this age bracket to 29,210 or 68.1 per cent.
Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohd Isham Jaafar announced this at the daily press conference in the capital, where he was accompanied by Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health Maswadi Mohsin.
Meanwhile, 1,294 children have received the second dose of the vaccine, bringing the total figure to 7,290 doses or 17 per cent.
Reminding parents to ensure their children turn up for the second dose after the wait-out period, the minister said, “The vaccine has proven to provide protection against the adverse effects of Covid-19. This includes multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which can cause complications to a child’s recovery.”
He added that the coverage rate for the populace who have received the booster shot is 67.6 per cent.
Meanwhile, Brunei detected 250 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, bringing the tally of confirmed cases to 143,866.
From the latest infections, 246 cases were from antigen rapid tests (ARTs) and four were results from 338 RT-PCR laboratory tests performed in the past 24 hours.
No Covid-19 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours.
Dr Mohd Isham shared the latest Covid-19 updates in the country at the same press conference.
The minister said there are no cases in Category 5 requiring treatment in the intensive care unit while there are two cases in Category 4 requiring respiratory assistance that are under close monitoring.
Meanwhile, 112 cases have recovered, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 142,173.
The total number of active cases is 1,474, 23 of whom are being treated in hospitals and 1,451 are self-isolating. - Borneo Bullein/ANN
