SINGAPORE — Registration for vaccination for Primary 1 to 3 pupils in Ministry of Education (MOE) schools and madrasahs will start from Jan 5 due to the "encouraging" take-up rate of the national vaccination programme for Pri 4 to 6 pupils, which began registrations last week, said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing on Sunday (Dec 26).
So far, around 40 per cent of students have been signed up by their parents or guardians to receive their Pfizer-BioNTech jabs, which begin from Monday onwards at seven centres that cater for paediatric vaccinations.
The Pfizer messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine is the only jab approved for children aged between five and 11 in Singapore.
For the second tranche of registrations for Pri 1 to 3 pupils, SMS invitations will be sent to parents and guardians in MOE primary schools and madrasahs from Jan 5. Other pupils in the same age groups will be able to do so from Jan 6.
Speaking on the sidelines of a visit to a vaccination centre at Senja-Cashew Community Club in Bukit Panjang, Mr Chan also urged parents to consider booking jabs on Mondays to Thursdays, since many slots on Fridays and the weekends have been taken up.
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