Covid-19: 160% increase in number of cases among kids below age 12, says KJ

"The ministry is worried over a developing trend which showed that Covid-19 cases among young children had seen an increase of 160% between the 5th and 6th week of this year.

"Of this, 4,242 children were between the ages of 5 and 11 in the 5th week while 10,796 cases involving the same age group were recorded for the 6th week. In light of this, Khairy said it was imperative for parents to voluntarily register their children, between the ages of 5 and 11, for vaccination under the PICKids immunisation programme.

"We will look at other intervention measures which could be implemented for this age group," he added.

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