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- The first batch of nine- to 11-year-olds got their Covid-19 vaccine jabs at seven paediatric vaccination centres on Dec 27
- It marked the start of a national drive to immunise five- to 11-year-olds in Singapore
- Parents and children at two vaccination centres said that the process was smooth and fast
- The children also said that they felt safer after being inoculated
- Some are excited to tell people that they received their jabs
Natasha Meah
Published December 27, 2021 Updated December 27, 2021
SINGAPORE — When Mr Sukhvinder Singh, 45, got a text message last week saying that his 11-year-old daughter was eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19, he booked an appointment on her behalf immediately.
He secured one of the first slots at the paediatric vaccination centre in the Pasir Ris Elias Community Club at 8am on Monday (Dec 27) — the first day of the national drive to inoculate five- to 11-year-olds here.
The exercise is starting with older children aged nine to 11.
When TODAY spoke to Mr Singh at about 8.30am on Monday — half an hour after the vaccination centre opened — his daughter Aisha had already received the first shot of her Pfizer-BioNTech jab.
The mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccine by American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech is the only jab approved for children between the ages of five and 11 in Singapore.
“The process was good. We came early thinking that there would be a lot of parents and kids, but it was very smooth,” said Mr Singh, who works in the marine industry.
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On Monday morning, the nine pairs of parents and kids who spoke to TODAY at the centres in the Pasir Ris Elias and Senja-Cashew community clubs said that the process was smooth and fast.
TODAY also did not see any queues at both centres.
The children also said that they felt safer after receiving the jabs and some were even excited to tell people that they have been vaccinated.
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