Free pneumococcal vaccine for children aged 4, 5

FROM tomorrow until May 31, 2024, children born between 2018 and 2019 will be able to get free pneumococcal vaccinations at all Health Ministry (MOH) primary facilities. 

Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said it was an expansion programme for pneumococcal immunisation as children born in that period were previously not included in the target group for pneumococcal vaccination under the National Immunisation Programme.