KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 vaccination for children aged five to 11, is very important, particularly as the country will begin the transition phase to endemic on April 1, says the Health Ministry.

       In its official Facebook account, the Ministry said that children are now more at risk of getting Covid-19 infection.

       This is because children aged 11 and below, have not received proper protection compared with the older age groups who have been vaccinated, it said on Saturday (March 12).

       "The admission rate of children at PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) wards due to Covid-19 has increased by 94% for categories three to five, with a significant increase for category four by 200%, followed by category five by 125%,” it said.

       The Health Ministry once again advises parents to take the vaccine for their children to protect them from the deadly Omicron variant and its complications, namely the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C. – Bernama