The under 12 years will not begin to be vaccinated against coronavirus with the Pfizer vaccine up to mid december. This has been confirmed by the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias. “The vaccines will not arrive in our country before the second half of December. We do not yet know in what quantity and if they will all arrive together.”
Darias has also recalled that the little ones will not receive the same dose as adults: it will be less, it will not need dissolution and two doses will be administered. Also, when the two punctures are received
Children’s immunization schedule
A week ago the European Medicines Agency (EMA) gave its approval to the use of the pediatric Pfizer vaccine in children from 5 to 11 years old. The goal is to accelerate immunization at a time when the omicron variant is gaining ground. “I think the first thing we have to do is try to vaccinate everyone,” said the Minister of Health.
In addition to vaccination, current prevention measures are added: safety distance, masks, reinforcing hand hygiene and ventilating spaces correctly.
The communities prepare the immunization of minors
Some communities are beginning to specify immunization strategies for children. Castilla y León has already announced that it will vaccinate approximately 100,000 children between the ages of 5 and 12 in mass centers.
Whereas Andalusia prefers that the whole process takes place in schools. However, this Tuesday the Minister of the Presidency, Public Administration and Interior and Government spokesman, Elías Bendodo, assured that they are “willing to reopen the vaccine fields“so that” as soon as possible “the minors are vaccinated and at the same time that” the third dose spread to the rest of the population. “
Omicron cases in Spain
The new omicron variant has sounded the alarm around the world. In Spain already a contagion has been detected. This is a 51-year-old man from Madrid who had recently traveled to South Africa and who had already received the complete guideline against the disease.
In addition, there are four other positives under study that are suspected of belonging to the omicron variant: two in Catalonia, one in Castilla y León and a third in Madrid. The latter would also be from a person who had recently traveled to South Africa and who had also received the coronavirus vaccine.
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