Vaccination of children ages 5 to 11 begins

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One of the country’s first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The national vaccination programme for the age cohort was launched via a ‘Drive Thru’ exercise yesterday at the National Cultural Centre tarmac. (Department of Public Information photo)
One of the country’s first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The national vaccination programme for the age cohort was launched via a ‘Drive Thru’ exercise yesterday at the National Cultural Centre tarmac. (Department of Public Information photo)

The Ministry of Health yesterday began the vaccination of children ages 5 to 11 years against COVID-19.

The vaccines were administered at a special drive-thru exercise, held on the tarmac of the National Cultural Centre and which saw the attendance of over a 100 children and adults.

According to Shimeca Henry, Senior Public Health Nurse at the Ministry of Health, the children were screened prior to being vaccinated and were also monitored after to ensure there was no adverse reaction caused by the vaccine.