Nearly 98k children given first Covid-19 jab

A total of 97,975 children aged five to 11 years, or 2.7 percent of the group in Malaysia, have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday .

They were given the vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (NIPKids), which was launched on Feb 3, and will receive their second dose within an eight-week interval. 

Meanwhile, based on the CovidNow website...