This was announced on Wednesday by the Minister of Health of the Republic Vladimir Lengvarsky.

“On Thursday, vaccination of children over the age of five will begin in the republic.

It applies to children under 11 years of age inclusive.

They will be vaccinated against COVID-19 only with parental consent and with the permission of a pediatrician, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

At the end of August, it became known that the Sputnik V vaccination was nearing completion in Slovakia.