Covid-19 infections are rising among children aged 5-11 years, so the government is speeding up the vaccination process for this group, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said on Friday.
CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said on Friday that the infection rate for children in this age range was 1.4% from January to November 2020, 1.0% from December 2020 to March 2021, 6.2% from April to December 2021 and 6.6% from Jan 1 to Feb 2 this year.
The accumulated number of cases for 5-11 year-olds was 137,262 as of Feb 2.
The percentage had risen with the outbreaks of the Delta and Omicron variants, he said.
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