Which countries already vaccinate children under 18 against coronavirus and which doses apply

While Argentina is still waiting to advance in the vaccination of children and adolescents against the coronavirus, in the world there are already many countries that apply the different formulas available on the market for this sector of the population. In fact, in Latin America there are three: Chile Yes Uruguay, two of the nations with the most advanced vaccination regimen on the planet, and Dominican Republic.

The Argentine government already has 3,500,000 doses of Moderna donated by Joe Biden and which arrived in the country last Friday. Now, health authorities are awaiting approval that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)), the United States Health Authority, to be able to allocate these vaccines under 18.

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He also looks askance at doses of Sinopharm and hope that the negotiations with Pfizer after the executive order amendment of the Vaccine Act that removed the word “negligence” from the rule that blocked negotiations and created a COVID-19 remedies fund, paving the way for a deal with the US lab.

It is precisely Pfizer’s vaccines that are used the most in the world to immunize children under the age of 18. In fact, these are the doses applied to adolescents in Chile and Uruguay.

Times are getting shorter but no one dares set a start date, while in particular the claims of vaccines are multiplying among parents of children and adolescents with co-morbidities. So far, Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof has opened registration to vaccinate boys aged 13 to 17 with previous illnesses last Monday, pending FDA and National Drug approval. Local administration, Food and Medical Technology (Anmat). .

“Today we have two candidate vaccines for people under 18, not yet approved. Moderna’s vaccine and Sinopharm’s vaccine. We are opening registration for boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 17, especially those with co-morbidities. In the case of Sinopharm vaccines, they are already being applied in children under 18 in China, but they have not been approved by Antat, ”Kicillof said.

The Chinese regulatory agency has authorized the use of Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines for children aged 3 to 17 years old. And the Argentine government is hoping that Anmat will give it the green light to add it to the campaign among children and adolescents.

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What is happening in other countries

Besides Chile, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic and China, several countries around the world are already applying coronavirus vaccines to children under the age of 18.

Canada was the first to approve its use in children and adolescents ages 12 to 15 on May 5. The vaccine chosen was that of Pfizer / BioNTech. Immediately joined United States with the same formula. According to the German television website german wave (DW), some four million American children and adolescents have already been vaccinated and no major complications have been reported

France He followed them on June 15 with the Comirnaty vaccine, from Pfizer / BioNTech, with children up to 12 years old.

Other European countries have been added to the list: Poland Minors already vaccinated from the age of 12 since June 7 Italy has already started to apply doses to adolescents, as well as Romania. Denmark announced on June 17 that the Comirnaty vaccine will be offered to adolescents aged 12 to 15 when the rest of the groups are vaccinated around September.

In Portugal the vaccination plan includes people up to 16 years of age also with the Pfizer / BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine. In Belgium, children between 12 and 15 years old can be vaccinated if they have parental permission. Hungary, in turn, began immunizing adolescents between the ages of 16 and 18 in June.

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As, Germany and the UK vaccination recommended for minors but only in the risk group. The same applies in the Netherlands.

The german wave said that in Spain, the vaccination campaign for children and adolescents should start two weeks before the next school year scheduled for early September. Austria It plans to vaccinate around 340,000 children aged 12 to 15 by the end of August.

In Israel, another of the countries with the most advanced vaccination schedule in the world, vaccination of minors between the ages of 12 and 15 began on June 6.

In Russia the director of the National Gamaleya Center, Alexander Gintsburg, told the local news agency Ria novosti that the country would start applying the Sputnik V vaccine to people under 18 from September 20. The campaign, he said, will begin when tests that have been carried out since July 5 on volunteers between the ages of 12 and 17 come to an end.

Japan, in turn, authorized the use of the Pfizer vaccine in children and adolescents aged 12 to 15 at the end of May. The national campaign targeted people over the age of 16. In New Zealand At the end of June, the government authorized the use of the Pfizer vaccine in children and adolescents aged 12 to 15 years.

Meanwhile, in Asia, countries like United Arab Emirates and Singapore they have already started to vaccinate this age group.