CM concerned with low take up of NIPKids in Penang

The Penang government is concerned with the slow progress of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme For Children (NIPKids) in the state, with only 49.5 percent of children aged 5-11 years having received the first dose and 37.7 percent given the second dose as of May 8.

As such, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow called on parents to bring their children for the Covid-19 vaccine injection immediately.

He said the statistics were...