“If the EMA had already given the green light to the anti-Covid vaccine for children between 5 and 11 years old, even if I don’t have children of that age, but if I had, I would do it without ifs and buts”. Thus the Undersecretary of Health, Pier Paolo Sileri, host of Rainews 24, who about any concerns about the Christmas on arrival he adds: “No, it does not worry us but obviously always keeping a look at the numbers but the current situation of vaccinated people in Italy, as well as the use of the Green pass with the connected diagnostics will keep the situation very under control”.
“As you know, the extension of the state of emergency it is decided just before the deadline, because today we have these numbers, but in four weeks we could have others, stable, better or worse. If I had to say what I would do personally, I think an extension is logical because we still have to reach that 90% of vaccinated, we have to do the third doses, in short, there is still something that needs to be fixed, including close monitoring on the new variants ” , then added the Undersecretary for Health.
COVID VACCINES TO CHILDREN, THE POINT
To take stock of vaccines for children yesterday, the EMA took care of it. The conclusion of the review that the European Medicines Agency Ema is conducting on Pfizer / BioNTech’s Comirnaty * in the 5-11 age group is “expected in December,” announced Cavaleri, underlining that the planned timing is “shortened “compared to that of” other similar reviews “. In the decision-making process, he specified, “we will also consider additional data collected and presented” to the agency “by BioNTech / Pfizer as part of an ongoing pediatric study”.
Comirnaty has meanwhile been authorized in recent days for children aged 5 to 11 in the US, both by the Fda drug agency and by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Cdc).
THE SITUATION IN ITALY
But what is the situation in Italy? In a circular bearing ‘Indications on the continuation of the vaccination campaign’, the COVID emergency commissioner Francesco Paolo Figliuolo writes that “the scientific evidence on the progress of infections as a function of the time elapsed from vaccination / recovery, the probable future expansion of the offer vaccination to the audience 5-11 years and, above all, the increase in positive cases at the beginning of the season of major respiratory diseases, suggest the opportunity to schedule the administration of third doses, respecting without delay the times indicated by the health authorities, or starting from the 181th day from the completion of the primary vaccination cycle “.
“The Pfizer vaccine in Italy also for children aged 5 to 11 by Christmas” Franco Locatelli, president of the Higher Health Council and coordinator of the Technical Scientific Committee (CTS) told ‘Buongiorno’ on SkyTg24. “Pfizer is a safe vaccine approved in the United States by the FDA and CDC”, he underlined, referring to the green light that arrived in America not only from the American drug agency but also from the public health control body.
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