Pfizer will vaccinate children.
Spain made a decision about the beginning of COVID vaccination of children at from 5 to 11 years old.
El Pais writes about this with reference to the Spanish health authorities.
It is noted that the decision adopted by the Commission on Public Health. This became possible after the American drug Pfizer for this population group was confirmed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Children will be vaccinated on December 15. Two days earlier, the country will receive the first batches of vaccine, which will be divided among the communities. Spain is slated to have 3.2 million doses of the drug by January 2022. This amount is enough to give the first vaccine to all children aged 5 to 11 years. The second dose will be offered eight weeks later.
It should be noted that children under 12 were the only age group who did not receive the coronavirus vaccine in Spain. By the way, it has the highest incidence rate: 412 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. This is almost twice the average in Spain: it was 248 per 100 thousand.
As reported, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen urged the European Union to discuss the issue of compulsory vaccination against coronavirus for all citizens, with the exception of people with contraindications. An exception will be people with special health conditions that do not allow vaccination.
