PUTRAJAYA: The government is figuring out how to encourage parents to give the necessary vaccinations to their children. The Women, Family and Communi...
Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail spends time with disabled students in the education sub-category at Sekolah Kebangsaan Putrajaya Presint 9 , Putrajaya on March 7, 2019. — Bernama: The government is figuring out how to encourage parents to give the necessary vaccinations to their children.
Dr Wan Azizah, who is also the Women, Family and Community Development Minister, spoke to reporters after being questioned about an opinion that vaccination and the right to education are different issues. She had said previously that the government was mulling making it mandatory for children to be vaccinated before they can enrol for school.
On the new card, she said it was issued specifically for the disabled in six sub-categories, namely Global Development Delay ; Down Syndrome; Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ; Autism; Intellectual Disability and Specific Learning Disability . Asked about the alleged murder of a three-year-old girl, Nur Aisyah Aleya Abdullah, in Langkawi, she described the incident as a tragedy and said the caretakers are believed to have panicked when the child developed fits.
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