Parents eagerly await vaccine rollout for young children

Students attending a class using safety separators at a school in Bandar Lampung, Lampung province. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Parents are thrilled that the government will begin administering Covid-19 vaccines to some 26 million children aged six to 11 starting next year, saying they want to give their children as much protection from the virus as possible, including when the children are at school.

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) approved last week the Coronavac vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac for emergency use on children as young as six, making it the first registered vaccine that could be used for this age group in Indonesia.