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Sinovac for ages 3-17 gets ministry nod

Sinovac for ages 3-17 gets ministry nod

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A girl gives a victory sign on Monday after receiving a Pfizer shot at the Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health in Bangkok. The government started giving Covid-19 vaccines to children aged between 5 and 11. Varuth Hirunyatheb

A Public Health Ministry sub-committee on immunity promotion has approved the use of Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine on minors over the age of three, it was announced on Monday.

The director-general of the Department of Disease Control, Opas Karnkawinpong, on Monday said the sub-committee made the decision to allow minors between the ages of three and 17 to receive the Covid-19 jab made by China’s Sinovac on Friday.

He said parental consent will…

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