Free pneumococcal vaccine for children born in 2018, 2019

Beginning tomorrow till May 31, 2024, children aged between four and five, born between 2018 and 2019, will be able to get free pneumococcal vaccinations at all Health Ministry primary health facilities.

Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa (above) said it was an expansion programme for pneumococcal immunisation where previously children born between 2018 and 2019 were not included in the target group for pneumococcal vaccination under the National Immunisation Programme...