Children, like adults, can contract COVID-19 and become carriers of the virus. Intensive vaccination efforts have helped protect many adults from severe illness.
Children, like adults, can contract COVID-19 and become carriers of the virus. Intensive vaccination efforts have helped protect many adults from severe illness.
COVID-19 is a potentially life-threatening disease. Preventive vaccination against coronavirus provides safe and effective protection against COVID-19, especially for children suffering from one of the following conditions: obesity, congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, congenital heart defects, heart failure, chronic lung diseases, chronic kidney failure, chronic neurological or neuromuscular diseases, malignant neoplasms, diabetes mellitus.
Furthermore, vaccination protects not only the health of the children themselves but also those around them. The more members of the younger generation with extensive social contacts are vaccinated, the harder it will be for the virus to spread. This, in turn, will protect individuals for whom vaccination is not indicated, such as infants.
The vaccination campaign for the child population against COVID-19 infection began on December 27, 2021.
Children aged 12-17 years can be vaccinated against COVID-19. To do this, parents or legal representatives must sign an informed consent for vaccination.
Vaccination can be administered no earlier than 6 months after the child has recovered from COVID-19 infection, in accordance with the instructions for medical use of the immunobiological medicinal product, the summary of product characteristics, and the absence of contraindications to vaccination in children.
Currently, an inactivated vaccine against COVID-19 infection (Verо Cell) is offered for vaccination. The country of origin is the People's Republic of China.
This vaccine has been in use since March 2021 and has proven its safety and efficacy. Furthermore, as of January 14, 2022, 250 children aged 12 to 17 years have been vaccinated in the district. No post-vaccination complications have been registered among the vaccinated children.
Take care of the future! Ask yourself: "Do I want to ensure a safe life for my child?". Vaccination is necessary for all of us to
returned to "pre-COVID" life. According to epidemiologists, the pandemic will end when collective immunity is developed in the population. This is not the first epidemic: there were smallpox, plague, and polio. By uniting, we can win.