• Aifa green light for the anti Covid vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 years

  • Palù: today the Aifa Cts decides on the vaccine for under 12s, but there is no urgency

  • Vaccines, Ema recommends Pfizer use for children 5-11 years old

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02 December 2021 "There will be no green pass for the pediatric age group, that's for sure. There is no vaccination obligation". Pierpaolo Sileri, Undersecretary of Health, said this to the microphones of the program "Italy has awakened" on Radio Cusano Campus. "Ema and Aifa agreed - he added - after which the vaccine will be available, the routes for proceeding with vaccination are the same that already exist, obviously with differentiated lanes and a different approach because vaccination in the pediatric age it is also more delicate in terms of communication and care, in many cases even more dialogue with parents will be needed ".



According to Patrizia Popoli, president of the technical scientific commission of Aifa, the virus is circulating a lot among children these days. "We at Aifa - he told Radio Anch'io - examine the same data that Ema has seen and contextualize Ema's decisions in the territory, the national evaluation is essential. In this case we have also verified how much the virus is circulating in children between ages 5 and 11. There has been a surge in recent weeks for this age group "and" the data we have is sufficient for this pediatric extension. "



  "We have a study done on 3000 children, with a reduced dose, that is 1/3 of the dose. With this study it was seen that the vaccine maintained its efficacy and no worrying adverse events occurred, only local reactions, a little. of fever and headache. For now there are no myocarditis - he specified - Then we have the data coming from the USA relating to 3 million and 300 vaccinated children ". "Covid in children generally proceeds mildly but this is not always true, for example there is multisystem inflammatory syndrome and this can be serious", moreover "6 out of 1000 children end up in hospital. There is a risk", he concluded.       



To argue that the data in the possession of the authorities on the testing of the vaccine in pediatric age are not few even Maria Paola Trotta of Aifa on the microphones of Radio 24: "The data we have on the anti-Covid vaccine in the 5-11 age range" are not few ". "The pivotal study that led to the new indication included over 3,000 vaccinated children and the data showed high efficacy levels of around 91%." To these data are added "those included in the US pharmacovigilance database, where they left on October 29 and over 3 million children were vaccinated. Here too, although the follow-up is not very long, no particular problems are highlighted. safety".



Meanwhile, in Lazio we start on 13 December.

"We will leave on December 13 with reservations for children between 5 and 11 years old" said Alessio D'Amato, councilor for health of the Lazio Region, after the Aifa green light for vaccination for children included in this age range'.

"There are 78 mini-hubs with a particular welcome" due to the presence of "clowns who can relieve and lighten the tension a little.