Parents are thrilled that the government will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to some 26 million children aged 6 to 11 starting next year, saying they want to give their children as much protection from the virus as possible, including when the children are at school.

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) approved last week the Coronavac vaccine produced by Chinese Sinovac for emergency use on children as young as 6, making it the first registered vaccine that could be used for this age group in Indonesia.

Laura Noviana, a 39-year-old mother from Bekasi in West Java, said she had been waiting for months for her 8-year-old son Geoffrey to get vaccinated.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Dio Suhenda (The Jakarta Post)

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