Immunocompromised kids, teens to be given third Covid-19 vaccine dose, says KJ


PETALING JAYA: Moderate or severely immunocompromised children and adolescents aged five to 17 will be given the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

He said children between five to 11 that had been certified as immunocompromised category by medical experts from both public and private sector are eligible to take the third dose eight weeks after their second dose.

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