Over 50,000 children aged below 12 infected with Covid-19 since January, says Health DG


PETALING JAYA: More than 50,000 children aged below 12 in the country have been infected by Covid-19 since January, says the Health Ministry.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the 50,826 cases involving children, 50,674 (99.7%) were Category 1 and 2 infections.

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