The Minister of Health, Hernando Cevallosreported that minors between 5 and 11 years of age who will be vaccinated from this Monday, January 24 against COVID-19 They may attend accompanied by an adult or guardian and not necessarily in the company of their parents. In any of these cases, he specified, the identity document must be presented and the consent signed.
“It is not necessary, it is not essential, that they attend with the parents, they can go with an adult or with a guardian who accompanies them, and this occurs, first, because the vaccine is a child’s right, regardless of the will of the parents. parents, but also because many parents cannot go for work reasons and different impossibilities that exist,” he said.
“The child has to go with their identity document, sign an informed consent from the accompanying adult and proceed to vaccination. There are no contraindications, unless there are previous allergic reactions to some of the components of the vaccine, but in general children with comorbidities can safely be vaccinated,” he explained.
In interview with RPP News, Minister Cevallos highlighted the recent arrival of the first batch of 996 thousand doses of the pediatric vaccine against COVID-19 of the laboratory Pfizer, which will allow vaccination of boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 11 to start on Monday the 24th.
“It is a very important event, transcendent, for different reasons. In the first place, because it means a substantial advance for our country, it places us among the countries that have made the most progress in vaccination, also in this age group we began to achieve coverage and It will strengthen us in this desire that we have to restart classes as soon as possible,” he stressed.
“It will ensure that children can go with more peace of mind, feeling more protected, to share with their peers in this socialization space that has been denied them all this time. This is the first important thing about the vaccination that starts on Monday: the return to classes, the possibility of having the children more protected,” he added.
the owner of the minsa specified that, although the omicron variant of the COVID-19 produces several mild cases of this disease, there have also been complications in the health of minors, for which he highlighted the need for this population to be vaccinated to protect themselves against this and other variants.
“This vaccination that begins on Monday is a substantial advance in the fight for health in our country and we hope that parents will support it with all their might. The possibilities of complications with these vaccines are minimal and the advantages of having them are much greater. to the children of the house vaccinated against COVID-19“, he highlighted.
This is how the vaccination of minors will be carried out
The president of the Republic, peter castle, pointed out that the vaccination plan against COVID-19 to minors between 5 and 11 years old, which begins this Monday, January 24, will be held in educational institutions, hospitals and house to house.
Speaking to the press after receiving the first batch of 996,000 pediatric vaccines from the Pfizer laboratory, the president specified that a care schedule has already been established for the development of the immunization process for minors.
“The vaccination plan will be carried out in an orderly manner in educational institutions, hospitals, health centers and from house to house. A care schedule has already been established so that the immunization process of children is safely efficient and orderly,” he said.
He added that advancing with the immunization of minors is a fundamental step for the return of the face-to-face classes in schools, for which he called on parents to take their children to be vaccinated, with the support of local and regional authorities.
“Advancing with the immunization of children is essential to guarantee the return to attendance at schools this coming March and recover education, recover learning to have new generations that look forward,” he added.
The head of state said that this first batch will be used to inoculate minors with various diseases and that the second batch, consisting of another 996,000 doses, will arrive next Friday, January 28. Meanwhile, for February, March and April, 448,000 doses will arrive per week.
“In this first group are minors with Down syndrome, rare diseases and mental disorders, waiting and with organ transplants, oncology patients, with obesity, diabetics, hemodialysis, chronic diseases, with TBC, among other diseases,” he indicated. .
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