The Federal District (lowered to 6 and 7 years the age of children who can seek the health posts in the capital to be vaccinated against covid-19. The new age group is valid from this Saturday (22). Until yesterday (21), only children aged 8 years or older or with comorbidities and permanent disabilities were being vaccinated.
Children will be immunized with CoronaVac, produced by the Butantan Institute in partnership with Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac. The inclusion of the immunizer in the National Plan for the Operationalization of Vaccination Against Covid-19 was announced this Thursday by the Ministry of Health.
The brand was authorized for children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), which evaluated the safety and efficacy of the immunizer and allowed its application to children.
Children aged 5 to 11 and 8 to 11 years old who have comorbidities may seek out Pfizer doses. If these run out, people aged between 6 and 17 can be immunized with CoronaVac. People over the age of 18 can continue to receive doses from the CoronaVac, Pfizer, or AstraZeneca brands.
Vaccination sites, which are open today until 5 pm, are informed in the site from the Health Department. According to the Government of the Federal District, there are 230,000 children aged 6 and over and a stock of 500,000 doses of CoronaVac.
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