Before the vaccination of the new coronavirus vaccine to children aged 5 to 11 years is deliberated by the national expert committee, the Pediatric Society has published recommendations on the concept of vaccination of children and the vaccination. After acknowledging the significance, he said that it was necessary to take detailed measures.
Inoculation of the new coronavirus vaccine to children aged 5 to 11 is expected to be deliberated and approved by the expert committee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 20th.
On the night of the 19th, the Japanese Society of Pediatrics and others held an online press conference to publish their recommendations.
The recommendations point out that while the majority of children between the ages of 5 and 11 have been mildly infected, it is expected that as the number of infected people increases, the number of moderate and severe cases will increase.
He added that although sufficient data on vaccines such as Omicron strains have not been obtained, it is expected to prevent the disease from becoming more severe in children with underlying diseases.
He also said that inoculation is meaningful for healthy children, and that the person and the caregiver must fully understand the advantages and disadvantages and take detailed measures when inoculating.
Hiroyuki Moriuchi, director of the Japanese Society of Pediatrics, said, "I would like to recommend it to children with underlying diseases as much as possible. Although it is meaningful for healthy children to inoculate, careful measures are required to prevent inoculation with sympathetic pressure. I was talking.