23,085 COVID vaccine doses have been given to children locally
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Health Minister Chris Fearne said in parliament on Tuesday that 23,085 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been given to children aged 5-11.
Replying to a parliamentary question by PN MP Graziella Galea, Fearne said that out of the mentioned number of doses, 9,776 were second doses.
With a total of 32,493 children currently eligible for the vaccine, children had been given the go-ahead to be vaccinated on December 14th 2021 after the EMA approved the jabs for kids in November.
As of the last COVID-19 update by governmental sources, 1,223,793 vaccine doses were administered in Malta. 335,128 of these were booster doses.
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