PUTRAJAYA: The walk-in Covid-19 vaccination option for teenagers at selected centres beginning Thursday (Sep 23) is limited to non-school goers, says Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

       The Deputy Health Minister and chairman of the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force for Adolescents (CITF-A) said that school-going teens must wait for their schools to inform them when and where they can get their Covid-19 jabs.

       Teenagers, including the disabled, who are studying in boarding schools under the Education Ministry and Mara will be given appointments at vaccination centres closest to them via the MySejahtera application, he said during a press conference on Wednesday (Sept 22).

       The vaccination programme for teenagers is expected to involve 3.2 million adolescents aged 12 to 17.

       Up to Sept 21, a total of 410,489 teens have received their first jabs since the programme kicked off in Sarawak on Sept 8.

       Sabah leads the way with 140,890 doses administered to teens, followed by Sarawak (85,291), Kedah (31,294), Kelantan (17,413), Johor (27,936) and Labuan (2,515).

       So far, the government has only approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Comirnaty, for the age group.

       The government is targeting at least 60% of teens to receive at least one jab by November and 80% of them to receive two jabs by December.

       More to come