Vaccination program for children 5-11-years expected to start within a month – Dr Fong

Vaccination program for children 5-11-years expected to start within a month – Dr Fong

By Navitalai Naivalurua
Monday 09/05/2022
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The vaccination program for children between the ages of 5-years to 11-years is expected to start within a month.

The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says what he knows is that their team have met with a few of their development partners on the vaccine and they should be able to start their program within a month.

He says their staff will need to be trained when using Pfizer vaccine in pediatric doses because it requires some specifications.

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Dr Fong says they anticipate that within the month, they will get the training going and start deploying the vaccines.

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