Nearly 10,000 children aged 5 to 6 have received first dose of Covid-19 vaccine: ECDA

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SINGAPORE — Nearly 10,000 children aged five and six have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) said on Saturday (Jan 29).

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In all, more than 16,000 children from this age group have been registered by their parents or guardian to get vaccinated.

During a tour of the Tampines vaccination centre on Saturday, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development, told reporters that the Government was thankful to parents for bringing their children — especially those in preschool — for vaccination. Mr Masagos, who is also Second Minister for Health, added that the Government would maintain its approach of having both a booking and a walk-in system to strike a balance between preventing vaccine doses that are prepared in advance from going to waste and making vaccination for children convenient.

For instance, Families for Life, formerly known as the National Family Council, is giving out items such as colouring kits and bookmarks at the vaccination centres in Yusof Ishak Secondary School and Our Tampines Hub. This would be expanded progressively to other vaccination centres, said Ms Sun, who was also at the Tampines vaccination centre on Saturday.“It’s a bit painful, but it was fast,” said the six-year-old boy.

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