Regarding the inoculation of the new coronavirus vaccine to children, an academic society made by pediatricians held a meeting on the 16th, and expressed the view that individual inoculation is desirable because it is necessary to take detailed measures for inoculation to children. I did.
Since May, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has officially vaccinated children aged 12 to 15 years with Pfizer's new coronavirus vaccine.
Regarding this, the Japanese Society of Pediatrics and the Japanese Society of Pediatrics, which is made up of practitioners of pediatrics, held a joint press conference online on the 16th and announced their views.
Of these, in the view of the Japanese Society of Pediatrics, it is important for surrounding adults to be vaccinated in order to protect children from infection, and children with serious underlying diseases may be infected by vaccination. It can be expected to prevent it from becoming severe.
Vaccination is also meaningful for healthy children, but since children are more likely to have side reactions such as fever than elderly people, individual vaccination is desirable if possible in order to take detailed measures. ..
And even if it is unavoidable to inoculate a group, it is desirable to give individual explanations to the child and his / her guardian.
In addition, even in the recommendations of the Japan Pediatric Association, when inoculating children, the basic principle is individual inoculation, which allows for a polite response.
Since it is difficult to confirm consent for group vaccinations at school, and it is not possible for school doctors alone to respond to side reactions from interviews, ask local doctors and nurses for cooperation when performing group vaccinations. I said it should be done.
Hiroyuki Moriuchi, director of the Japanese Society of Pediatrics, said, "Inoculation of children should be done carefully and carefully because there is not enough information yet."
In addition, Akira Kamikawa, chairman of the Japan Pediatric Association, said, "I want to build an ideal vaccination system and carry out vaccination of children more safely."