Elderly folk turned up in droves at vaccination centres nationwide to get their first Covid-19 vaccine doses in the first eight states to roll out Phase Two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Most of the elderly were accompanied by their children, while some came with walking sticks or in wheelchairs. The second round of the vaccination programme focuses on senior citizens, persons with disabilities and those with chronic diseases. Tamby, 84, was among 924 senior citizens to get the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Indoor Stadium yesterday. Maybe the effect has not set in yet but I assume it will not seriously affect my health, ” she said minutes after her jab.

Source: The Star April 19, 2021 23:15 UTC