Singapore: Close to 10,000 kids aged five to six get first dose of Covid-19 vaccine


Children and their parents at the paediatric vaccination centre at Our Tampines Hub on Jan 29, 2022. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Jan 29 (The Straits Times/ANN): Close to 10,000 children between five and six years old have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

More than 16,000 children in that age group have registered interest in the vaccination since the national inoculation campaign was expanded about a month ago to include children aged five to 11.

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