Back to school for C-19 teams

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Well being groups will subsequent 12 months be despatched to colleges all through the nation to extend the variety of individuals vaccinated towards Covid-19.

For the reason that Covid-19 inoculation marketing campaign started in February, the vaccination charge has been stagnant for some time, and the objective of administering the primary dose to Cambodia’s 16 million inhabitants primarily based on the 2019 census has not been met.

As of Monday, 15,239,698 have solely obtained the primary dose, and 14,604,871 individuals are totally vaccinated (each first and second doses).

Which means that some 760,302 Cambodians haven’t had their Covid-19 vaccination.

Phnom Penh Well being Division director Ngy Imply Heng mentioned yesterday that almost all of the individuals within the capital are totally vaccinated. “Nonetheless, many youngsters, particularly these beneath 5, are nonetheless wanted to be vaccinated,” he mentioned.

He mentioned that most of the youngsters within the age group are anticipated to begin preschool subsequent 12 months and officers hope to have them vaccinated first.

“Getting the vaccination is voluntary, so the college is not going to power the youngsters to be vaccinated towards their will,” he mentioned.

He added that the college administration has been advised to advise the mother and father to have their youngsters vaccinated because the vaccine will hold the youngsters protected whereas they’re in school and interacting with individuals.

“The vaccination groups will notify the college of their visitation schedule, and lecturers and college officers should work successfully to tell the mother and father,” he mentioned.

Kuoy Buntheoun, director of Kandal Provincial Well being Division, mentioned that folks could also be nervous about their little one’s well being when they’re injected with the Covid-19 vaccine.

“Dad and mom ought to focus on their worries with medical doctors who will be capable of present suggestions on youngsters receiving the Covid-19 vaccine and maybe allay their fears.

“The Covid-19 vaccine is protected for everybody as the federal government has carried out research on whether or not the vaccine is protected,” he mentioned.

“Dad and mom who don’t need to have their youngsters vaccinated ought to rethink their resolution as a result of the Covid-19 virus remains to be current and kids have a excessive probability of contracting it,” he mentioned.

He added that the vaccine will shield them from the virus and minimise their sickness in the event that they get contaminated.

“Dad and mom ought to make up their minds about having their youngsters protected, earlier than sending them to colleges,” he mentioned.

He identified that the well being officers will work with faculty authorities intently to extend consciousness amongst college students and oldsters on how essential it’s on acquiring Covid-19 vaccines.

Dy Bunlorn, head of Covid-19 vaccines administration workforce at Chbar Ampov well being centre, mentioned many mother and father are actually bringing their three and four-year-old youngsters to the centre to obtain their first doses of vaccine.