More Kids Needed For PICKids

Dato Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Consultant Paediatrician

21-Mar-22 07:15

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Only 35% of children in Malaysia aged 5 to 11 have received their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine which is below the 50% target set by the Ministry of Health. Why is that the case when there are 400 walk in vaccination centers? Dato’ Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Consultant Paediatrician tells us how we can improve the vaccination rate and why it's important for all children to do so. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning, Tan Chen Li

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Categories: social issues, health policy, diseases and conditions, healthy living

Tags: child vaccine, PICKids, covid-19, vaccination, public health,

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