Vaccines safe for children


RECENTLY, the World Health Organisation’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) and the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared that Covid-19 vaccines were safe and effective for children aged 12 years and above.

As an exit strategy from this pandemic and in hopes for a safe reopening of schools, our government commenced a vaccination programme for adolescents (aged 12 to 17 years) last month. As at Oct 25, 55.3% of adolescents had successfully completed two doses of the Pfizer vaccine and at least 81.6% had taken their first dose.

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