The clearance for vaccination against Covid in children aged 5-11 arrives from the Ministry of Health. "On 1/12/2021 the Technical Scientific Commission of Aifa, accepting the opinion expressed by the European Medicines Agency (Ema), approved the extension of indication of use of the Comirnaty vaccine (BioNTech / Pfizer) for the range of age 5-11. Therefore, it is possible to proceed with the inclusion of this age group in the vaccination program ", reads the circular signed by the director general of Prevention of the ministry Giovanni Rezza. The vaccine "Comirnaty 10 mcg / dose is administered, after dilution, intramuscularly as a cycle of 2 doses (of 0.2 ml each) 3 weeks (21 days) apart",we still read in the circular. Priorities for frail children "Taking into consideration the priorities already defined, with particular reference to the" high fragility "category, provides for the circular signed by the Director General of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, which specifies:" In children subjected to solid organ transplantation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or with marked impairment of the immune response due to causes related to the disease or to pharmacological treatments, it is possible to administer an additional dose at least 28 days after the second dose ".provides for the circular signed by the Director General of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, which specifies: "In children undergoing solid organ transplantation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or with marked impairment of the immune response due to causes related to the disease or to treatments pharmacological it is possible to administer an additional dose at least 28 days after the second dose ".provides for the circular signed by the Director General of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, which specifies: "In children undergoing solid organ transplantation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or with marked impairment of the immune response due to causes related to the disease or to treatments pharmacological it is possible to administer an additional dose at least 28 days after the second dose ".
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07 December 2021 The clearance for Covid vaccination in children aged 5-11 arrives from the Ministry of Health.
"On 1/12/2021 the Technical Scientific Commission of Aifa, accepting the opinion expressed by the European Medicines Agency (Ema), approved the extension of indication of use of the Comirnaty vaccine (BioNTech / Pfizer) for the range of age 5-11. Therefore, it is possible to proceed with the inclusion of this age group in the vaccination program ", reads the circular signed by the director general of Prevention of the ministry
Giovanni Rezza
.
The vaccine "Comirnaty 10 mcg / dose is administered, after dilution, intramuscularly as a cycle of 2 doses (of 0.2 ml each) at a distance of 3 weeks (21 days) one from the other", we read again. in the circular.
Priorities for frail children
"Taking into consideration the priorities already defined, with particular reference to the" high fragility "category, provides for the circular signed by the Director General of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, which specifies:" In children subjected to solid organ transplant, transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells or with marked impairment of the immune response due to causes related to the disease or to pharmacological treatments, it is possible to administer an additional dose at least 28 days after the second dose ".
