Before Christmas, Italy plans to start vaccinating children aged 5 to 11, in Costa Rica, vaccination of children against coronavirus has already entered the list of mandatory ones, and a 12-month study is underway in Moscow.
The Italian Ministry of Health believes that the 5-11 age group is critical to alleviating the burden of the pandemic. More than 3,200,000 children will receive the vaccine immediately after approval by the European Medicines Agency, local media reported, citing competent authorities. Franco Locatelli, the scientific group coordinator advising the government of Mario Draghi, states:
“I believe that the relevant approval of the European Medicines Agency will be issued at the end of November or, at the latest, by mid-December. We can start right after that too. “
In the age group 12-18 years old already more than 70% italian teens received the first dose of the vaccine. It is emphasized that vaccination of younger children will also be carried out with parental consent.
And here Costa Rica became the first in the world by a country that introduced compulsory coronavirus vaccination for children 5-11 years old. A message about this is located on the website of the Ministry of Health:
In accordance with the principle of the best interests of children and adolescents <...> the National Commission on Vaccination and Epidemiology has ruled that vaccination against coronavirus becomes compulsory for all minors.
Vaccinations against poliomyelitis, chickenpox, and human papillomavirus are mandatory in the country. Now on this list and the vaccine against COVID-19. According to official figures, 73% of Costa Rican teens between 12 and 19 years old have already received at least one dose of the coronavirus drug. Children aged 5-11 will be vaccinated in 2022.
And in Moscow there is a study of “Sputnik V” for the age group of 12-17 years. It began on July 5 on the basis of two medical institutions: Children’s Hospital. PER. Bashlyaeva and Morozov Children’s Hospital. Vaccination is carried out, in a lower dosage, with the drug “Sputnik V”, used for adults. The study will last a year, during which the children will be under the constant supervision of hospital doctors.
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