in schools for the time being, but he feels they would help students who are about to begin their year end exams. The minister discussed the examination timings. He said, “We believe that this will be handy as the schools start their examinations – some of them are already advanced towards concluding their academic year and are starting to prepare for the next academic year of 2022”.
According to Nicholas Crisp, Acting Director General of the Department of Health, children may not need their parents’ permission to get vaccinated. He added, “The Childrens’ Act makes provision for children from the age of 12 to 17, who are not yet adults, to give their own consents for medical treatments and there are provisions within the sub-clauses of the Act which explain which children can give consent for what”. Crisp added, “Children do not need their parents’ consent generally for any medical treatment and there are specific guidelines on that. Parents can give consent for their children to get vaccinated, (but it is also) possible for a child between the age of 12 and 17 to go to a vaccination centre without their parents’ consent”.
