Vaccination of boys and girls aged six to 12 has surpassed initial estimates of 1,897,382 to be vaccinated (based on 2019 census) with more than 1,907,695 having received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Since September 17, when the vaccination of this age group started to October 25, the percentage of children vaccinated has crossed the 100 percent mark and stands at 100.54 percent, an outstanding achievement given the short time frame of less than 40 days.
Of this number, 1,687,120 have been fully vaccinated with just 96 of the almost two million children deemed ineligible to receive the vaccine.