When do children vaccinate my community?Which will they put them?This will be the immunization of minors
A year after the Covid-19 vaccination campaign started, this Wednesday is the turn of the children between 5 and 11 years.After the green light of the European Drug Agency and the Public Health Commission, each Autonomous Community has decided where and in what order vaccine the little ones.
In Spain there are some 3.3 million children of those ages that are likely to receive protection against coronavirus.At this time, children under 12 are the age group with the highest accumulated incidence of COVID-19 cases.
The first pediatric vaccines have already reached our country and have been distributed among the autonomous communities proportionally to their child population.
When and where will each community vaccinate children?
What vaccines will children be inoculated between 5 and 11 years old?
On November 25, the European drug agency authorized the Pfizer vaccine for the population between 5 and 11 years.This vaccine will be dispensed in vials different from those used for the adult population.To differentiate them visually and there is no possibility of error by health personnel, the plugs will be of different color.This is the same drug that is already used in minors from between 12 and 17 years.
How many doses are necessary?Is the vaccine the same as that of adults?
Children between 5 and 11 are vaccinated with a third of the normal dose of adults.Clinical trials have shown that with less amount an immune response is achieved very similar to that of the elderly.In any case, the complete pattern is administered in the same way, in two injections.
When will the second dose be?
As agreed by the Public Health Commission, the second dose administration interval will be eight weeksat least one dose.
Can children vulnerable by other pathologies also vaccinate?
Yes, the European drug agency has concluded that the benefits of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 exceed the risks, especially in those children with other pathologies that increase the risk of severe COVID-19.
What are the side effects in children?
The side effects of vaccines against COVID-19 in children are very similar to those suffered by adults, according to the European Medication Agency.The most common reactions are pain, redness and swelling in the place of injection, tiredness, headache and muscle and chills.All are usually mild or moderate.
"Most side effects are the usual vaccines.Pain in the place of injection, headache, tiredness, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting and redness in the injection place, in that descending order.Less frequently, fever, "he explains to RTVE.is Cristina Calvo, spokesman for the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP)."For now no other effects have been detected.With the tests carried out so far they have been effective and safe, "he emphasizes.
What to do if these mild side effects occur?
Francisco Álvarez, coordinator of the Vaccine Advisory Committee of this same association, insists that it is "a very safe vaccine", and offers the fact that "in the United States they already have more than three million doses administered and there has been noNo strange side effect "communicated, so he asks the parents" to be calm and empt their children to protect them and also to protect their surroundings "."If these mild side effects appear, they must be treated with an antithérmal analgesic such as paracetamol or ibuprofen, and nothing more, but no important adverse effects have been communicated," he emphasizes.
Why is it necessary to vaccinate the little ones?
There is no zero risk and although the coronavirus is generally mild for these ages, "it can sometimes be complicated," according to the Spanish Pediatrics Association, which has already ruled in favor of vaccinating those over 5 years old.In addition, the vaccine to children can contribute to reducing the circulation of the virus.
"It is true that most cases are mild, but we have children admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia and children who have serious inflammatory syndrome who need to enter UCIP after having spent a mild or asymptomatic COVID-19predict who will be, "says Cristina Calvo."We also have children with persistent COVID-19, fortunately much less frequently than adults, but it is something that vaccination can end," he adds.
"I think that vaccination can also end the classes and isolatePandemia ".
Are other countries vaccinating children?
Yes, China, Israel, Canada or the United States have already begun to immunize children with vaccines.Also most Latin America countries.However, they do not always use the same vaccines as that approved for minors in the European Union.
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