KUALA LUMPUR: Parents have been advised not to crowd vaccination centres (PPV) with their children as vaccine appointments for adolescents will be given out by district health and education officers.
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said walk-in appointments would only be given to adolescents who have left schools, those being home-schooled as well as teenagers studying in public and private higher education institutions.
"The school management, through teachers, will inform parents and guardians (about) the vaccination schedule based on each school's turn. Parents and guardians must bring their adolescents according to the appointment date given.
"The scheduled vaccination method aims to prevent congestion and the emergence of Covid-19 clusters (among adolescents)," he said, during a special press conference today.
"For full boarding and day boarding school students, vaccination appointments will be given via the MySejahtera app and they will be inoculated on school grounds or PPVs near their place of residence. Wait until you are given your appointments via MySejahtera."
Scheduled vaccinations for adolescents kicked off on Thursday at 156 PPVs nationwide.