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Schoolchildren over 12 to get vaccine from January 

23 Dec 2021

  • Schools to inform exact date of Pfizer administration 
BY Buddhika Samaraweera  The programme for administering the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to schoolchildren over the age of 12 years will be commenced in January, according to the Ministry of Health. Speaking to The Morning, Ministry of Health Communications Director, Public Health Services Deputy Director General, and Disaster Preparedness and Response Division Head Dr. Hemantha Herath said that the vaccination of schoolchildren over 12 years of age will be commenced in January 2022.  He said that the relevant schools would inform the students about the date of vaccination. Adding that the US-German-made Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be administered to them, Dr. Herath said that the stock of vaccines will be sent to the local health services institutions in the future. When queried whether there are sufficient vaccines for that, he said that there are enough vaccines. “There are some additional vaccines too, because they are not being used as some have refused to get the vaccine,” he added. Speaking to the media last month, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians (SLCP) President Prof. Shaman Rajindrajith said that the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has been given to more than 700,000 schoolchildren between the ages of 16 and 19 years and to more than 22,000 children with chronic diseases, as of then. The programme to administer the Covid-19 vaccine for children studying in the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (GCE A/L) classes commenced on 15 October and the vaccination of schoolchildren above 16 years of age commenced on 21 October. The Covid-19 vaccination programme for children over 12 years of age suffering from chronic diseases commenced on 24 September at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in Colombo.

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