For children between the ages of 5 and 11, the use of boosters against covid-19 will begin

This Thursday (2) the covid-19 booster vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 years will begin. More than 50 Basic Health Units (UBS) will be opened to assist households. The Minister of Health will additionally proceed to manage the first dose against covid-19 to children aged 6 months to 11 years right this moment.

For vaccination, it’s crucial to acquire the kid’s id doc and vaccination card. If different scheduled immunizations are delayed, they can be utilized in the similar capability. An entire listing of areas is on the market on the Ministry of Health web site.

Children ages 5 to 11 ought to obtain a booster dose 4 months after the second dose. The Pfizer vaccine for children is used. At all vaccination websites, a well being workforce is on the market to reply extra questions.

Fabiano dos Anjos, Director of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Department of Health, emphasizes the significance of this new vaccine.

“This increase for these children comes to extend the quantity of antibodies. It has been proven to be significantly efficient in defending against severe situations and demise,” he explains. He additionally factors out that the armature helps shield against the omicron variant. “Today there are 9 lineages of this model. This needs to be a warning to oldsters to step it up,” he added.

First and second doses

Receiving the 40,000 Pfizer Pediatric and 30,000 Pfizer Baby doses additionally permits for booster doses and resumption of the first dose and second dose vaccination for all children from 6 months of age.

“Our aim is to cowl greater than 90% of all children with vaccination. We are additionally ready for the return of about 5 thousand children who delayed their second dose,” stated Teresa Luisa Pereira, supervisor of the central chilly community of the DF Health Department.

However, vaccination protection is decrease than anticipated. As of January 23, roughly 31% of children between the ages of 5 and 11 haven’t acquired even the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. 84.1% of 3- and 4-year-olds haven’t began the vaccination cycle. Among children aged 6 months to 2 years and 11 months, vaccination reached solely 2.7% of this inhabitants. The supervisor of Rede de Frio stated: “Our principal well being models are skilled and prepared to hold out immunization actions.

The vaccination schedule for children beneath 4 years of age is three doses of Pfizer Baby, with 4 weeks between the preliminary doses and eight weeks after the second dose. Children aged 5 to 11 years are vaccinated with pediatric Pfizer, with a 21-day interval between doses and right this moment 4 months from the second dose to the booster.

(*5*) of children in the Federal District started in January 2022, initially for children aged 8 to 11 years. The most up-to-date growth came about on December 28, when vaccination was issued to children over six months outdated with out comorbidities. In whole, 145,252 second doses have been administered to folks beneath 12 years of age, 137,545 to children aged 5 to 11 years, 6,516 to children aged 3 to 4 years and 1,191 doses to infants aged six months to 2 years.

With info from Agência Brasilia