KUCHING: Parents in Sarawak can deliver their children to get Covid-19 jabs at three vaccination centres (PPV) on a walk-in foundation beginning Saturday (March 5).

State well being deputy director Dr Rosemawati Ariffin stated the PPVs concerned had been the Sibu Civic Centre, Kota Samarahan well being clinic and Bintulu well being clinic.

“This is in line with the technique to widen the vaccination protection. Parents are inspired to name the PPVs first earlier than going with their children,” she stated in a press release.

Dr Rosemawati stated 150,927, or 52.8%, of children in Sarawak had been given the vaccine as of March 3 because the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) kicked off in the state on Feb 3.

She stated Sarawak was implementing the programme utilizing a school-based method, focusing on children in faculties, kindergartens and childcare centres, whereas widening walk-in vaccinations at PPVs in levels.

“To date, the implementation of PICKids in faculties could be very encouraging.

“A complete of 46,475 or 25%, of 185,900 children who didn’t register in MySejahtera got the vaccine in faculties and 906, or 70.8%, out of 1,279 faculties have been visited for PICKids,” she stated.

Dr Rosemawati added that the state’s goal was to go to each faculty by the top of the second week in March.

She additionally stated outreach PPVs would proceed to be run by well being personnel from the Health Ministry and personal medical practitioners to vaccinate children in rural and distant areas.