Students have their temperature taken at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Methodist (ACS), Ipoh January 20, 2021. — Picture by Farhan Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Form Five students will begin receiving their Covid-19 vaccination next month using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.
He said this in a press conference with Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.
“We are trying to get it done within July.
“Yes, first dose in July. Form Five students, because the education minister wants the option. This has not been decided by the National Security Council (NSC), but he wants the option to send the exam students, Form Five and Form Six students back to school, perhaps by the end of July or August, depending on the spread of cases.
“So when that’s going to be the case, I have to give them the jabs in July,” he said, adding that the vaccines would be administered in schools.
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