Vaccinate children for herd immunity by August, says Yii

Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen has called on the federal government and the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) to get children aged 12-18 vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity by August.

“With children aged 12-18 years old estimated to be up to 30 percent of our population, the government must look at finding ways to identify and include them as part of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) as soon as possible in order to reach sufficient rates of Covid-19 vaccination,” he said.

He added that the same principle would apply to...