Will Canada start vaccinating children under 12, too? — via healthing_ca
An Israeli girl receives a dose of the Pfizer vaccine in Tel Aviv. AFP VIA GETTYAs COVID-19 cases continue to mount in Israel, health authorities announced this week that the country will start administering the Pfizer vaccine to high-risk children between the ages of five and 11.
Vaccine authorization is open only to kids with a “high probability of serious illness, and even death, following infection with the new coronavirus,”. That means severe autoimmune diseases, chronic lung problems, heart failure, sickle cell anemia, a body mass index over the 99th percentile, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Eligible children will need a recommendation from a doctor, which will be verified by the country’s health ministry.to encourage vaccination rates in Brampton, Ont.
Public Health Canada “is open to reviewing manufacturers submissions,” but won’t issue a decision about potentially opening vaccine eligibility to children until there’s been “a thorough scientific review of the vaccine’s safety and efficacy in this younger age group,” a representative told Healthing in an e-mail. They added that they’re expecting to receive data from the drug companies in the coming months, but that it’s too soon to know when vaccines for kids might be approved.
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