Alberta kids under 5 now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines
“Bad outcomes are real in this age group,” she said.
“If you look at children aged six months to four years of age in Alberta, for the first six months of this year, there were over 300 admissions with a child who was positive for COVID. For roughly a third of those, COVID was the entire reason for the admission. A third of them, COVID had nothing to do with the admission, for example, a child who broke their leg and happened to have COVID at the same time.
“It certainly does appear that we could probably have prevented at least 100 admissions in Alberta, and maybe a larger number, if the vaccine is as effective as it is in older people at preventing severe infection.”COVID-19: Health Canada approves vaccine for children under 5 – Jul 14, 2022 On July 14, Health Canada approved Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six months to five years. It’s the first approved vaccine against the coronavirus for the nearly two million kids in that age range in the country.
Other provinces in Canada have already started administering the shot, or are booking appointments for kids under five.
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