News 24 | Under Secretary of Health: Failing to vaccinate adults against Corona puts children at risk … and that’s what happened in America

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Health for Preventive Health Affairs, Dr Abdullah Asiri, confirmed that failure of adults to receive the “Corona” virus vaccine puts children at risk of infection. .

Asiri explained that in the United States, the rate of hospitalizations of children after being infected with the virus has increased dramatically last month, especially the age 4 and under category, noting that the increase in infections n is not due to the fact that “Delta” is more dangerous. ; It is because the children are not protected.

He stressed the need to vaccinate children against the “Corona” virus, in order to achieve community immunity and cut the chain of infection, as they can help transmit coronavirus infection, but to a lesser extent. as adults.