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| Adolescents (PICK Adolescents) will be conducted through the scheduled walk-in method starting from Thursday to facilitate and expedite the process. |
Vaccination for adolescents to be conducted through scheduled walk-in method from Thursday
BERNAMA
21/9/2021
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 21): The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Adolescents (PICK Adolescents) will be conducted through the scheduled walk-in method starting from Thursday to facilitate and expedite the process.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said 156 public and integrated vaccination centres (PPVs) nationwide had been identified for the purpose, with cooperation from the Ministry of Education (MoE).
“This is after we take into account the facts that PICK for the country’s adult population has almost achieved its target and the number of public and integrated PPVs has declined and all PPVs under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) will cease operations on Oct 15.
“Scheduled walk-in vaccination will be implemented based on the school location and
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distance from the identified PPV, and according to the given date and time. The vaccination schedule will be issued to adolescents and their parents by their respective schools,” he said in a statement here today.
Dr Noor Azmi said PICK Adolescents walk-in vaccination will involve all categories of teenagers, including those who are out of school.
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“For out-of-school teenagers, they are allowed to walk in to any one of the 156 PPVs. If the vaccine quota of the PPV has been used up, they will be given an appointment at the same PPV for the following day or at the nearest clinic.
“Public or private university or college students aged below 18 are also allowed to walk in to any operational PPV to get vaccinated by bringing their student card. However, their parents or guardians have to be present to sign the vaccination permission form.
“As a measure to prevent congestion at the PPVs, only one parent or guardian is allowed to accompany the teenager during vaccination,” he said.
The PICK Adolescent programme officially kicked off at the national level yesterday, aiming at vaccinating 3.2 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 against the coronavirus before the opening of schools next month.
The programme began earlier in Sarawak, Labuan, Sabah, Kelantan, Kedah and Johor and, as of yesterday, a total of 308,186 teenagers had received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, with Sabah recording the highest number at 118,141, followed by Sarawak (88,473), Kedah (19,453), Kelantan (17,413), Johor (16,019) and Labuan (2,523).
Dr Noor Azmi said PICK Adolescents walk-in vaccination will involve all categories of teenagers, including those who are out of school.
Follow our Covid-19 vaccination tracker to see where we are in the race to herd immunity.
“For out-of-school teenagers, they are allowed to walk in to any one of the 156 PPVs. If the vaccine quota of the PPV has been used up, they will be given an appointment at the same PPV for the following day or at the nearest clinic.
“Public or private university or college students aged below 18 are also allowed to walk in to any operational PPV to get vaccinated by bringing their student card. However, their parents or guardians have to be present to sign the vaccination permission form.
“As a measure to prevent congestion at the PPVs, only one parent or guardian is allowed to accompany the teenager during vaccination,” he said.
The PICK Adolescent programme officially kicked off at the national level yesterday, aiming at vaccinating 3.2 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 against the coronavirus before the opening of schools next month.
The programme began earlier in Sarawak, Labuan, Sabah, Kelantan, Kedah and Johor and, as of yesterday, a total of 308,186 teenagers had received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, with Sabah recording the highest number at 118,141, followed by Sarawak (88,473), Kedah (19,453), Kelantan (17,413), Johor (16,019) and Labuan (2,523).
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