Walk-in Covid-19 vaccination begins for children aged 5 to 11 as cases rise among young people

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SINGAPORE - When Mr Kenneth Tay, 36, heard that his six-year-old daughter could get vaccinated against Covid-19 without an appointment from Tuesday , he leapt at the opportunity.

Mr Tay was one of the first few parents who walked into vaccination centres to get their children inoculated. Any child aged five to 11 can nowThe businessman, who had been waiting to make an appointment to get his daughter inoculated since the vaccination drive for children her age began in early January, was eager to skip the waiting process.

Mr Tay said:"I was in a hurry to get my daughter vaccinated because, with the rising Covid-19 cases in the community, I did not want her to fall seriously ill.

Ms Rachel Seah, a 33-year-old housewife who took her five-year-old daughter to get vaccinated at Clementi Community Centre, said:"As Chinese New Year is coming and we will be taking her to the zoo and an exhibition, we thought that it would be safer to get her vaccinated.

 

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These parents need to educate themselves and not listen to big Pharma & government.your child has 99.9 % chance of being fine.children are resilient. Unfortunately in 10-15 yrs time these children will be the experiment that went wrong .There is more information.dig deep

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