children of elementary schools in bali will receive vaccine in december

The Health Service Authority will begin distributing the Covid-19 vaccine to elementary school children on December 14, 2021.

Bali Health Service Chief Dr Ketut Suarjaya has confirmed that the Bali provincial government will immediately begin distributing the Covid-19 vaccine to primary schoolchildren.

"We will start immunizing children aged 6 to 11 the day after tomorrow," Dr Suarjaya said in a virtual meeting on Sunday (12/12).

Authorities in Badung and Tabanan, who previously planned to distribute the vaccine to primary school children in January 2022, had to run the immunization program ahead of schedule. Following the latest instructions from the Home Secretary, the Health Minister recently asked them to be forced to start the program once Bali reaches 70 percent of their immunization target.

A total of 398,743 schoolchildren in Badung, Denpasar, Bangli, Tabanan, Karangasem, Jembrana, Gianyar, Buleleng and Klungkung are expected to receive Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine. This vaccination program will be carried out at designated medical facilities and schools across the island.