COVID-19 vaccination for children must be safely guaranteed
27/11/2021
(binhthuan.gov.vn) The
COVID-19 vaccination for children campaign will be launched by Binh Thuan
province from November 27, 2021. In the first phase of vaccination, the province
will organize vaccination for children aged 16-17. To ensure the safe
vaccination process, on the morning of November 26, 2021, the Department of
Health organized an online training session for localities on this task.
At the training
session, the Deputy Director of the Department of Health - Nguyen Ba Tong said:
Recently, the Ministry of Health has allocated 46,800 doses of Pfizer vaccine
to Binh Thuan province. This is the vaccine recommended by the Ministry of
Health to be used for children in the ages from 12 to 17. Based on the actual
situation, Binh Thuan province will firstly deploy vaccination for children
aged 16-17 (about 43,000 children).
The localities must conduct
the screening task properly to minimize possible side effects after the injection.
Pfizer vaccine allocated by the Ministry of Health for this phase will be given
priority to children aged 16-17. After completing the vaccination for this
group, the Department of Health will redistribute the Pfizer vaccine to
continue the vaccination for children in descending order of age.
Pfizer vaccine
(Comirnaty vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech of the United States) has
been recommended by the World Health Organization to vaccinate children and has
been used by many countries. This vaccine is safe for children.
According to the information
on the Pfizer vaccine, developed in the COVID-19 Vaccination Practice Manual of
the National Expanded Immunization Program, this vaccine is intended for use in
people 12 years of age and older. The effectiveness of protection against the pathogens
of COVID-19 is from 95% to 100% in about 07 days after the second dose./.
Hữu Tri