Students at military camp schools to be jabbed too


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 5,887 students aged between 12 and 17 in schools based at military camps nationwide will be vaccinated under the back-to-school vaccination programme in support of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for adolescents that kicked off yesterday.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein (pic) said 255 Form 4 and Form 5 students of SMK Desa Tun Hussein Onn received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine yesterday, while the remaining 675 students were expected to be vaccinated by Thursday.

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