SecondIn the Israeli government’s advisory body, it is recommended that children over 5 years of age be vaccinated against the coronavirus. On Wednesday night, Chairman Boas Lev confirmed in front of reporters the decision made by the vast majority of people. Pending approval from the Ministry of Health. At the end of October, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urgently approved a corona vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer for children aged 5 to 11 years.
Since the end of July, Israel has allowed children between the ages of 5 and 11 to be vaccinated against the coronavirus under extremely special circumstances. It said at the time that the exception should apply to children who are particularly at risk of becoming seriously ill or dying while contracting the coronavirus. E.g, Ministry of Health Extreme obesity, severe chronic lung disease or heart problems, etc.
One million children can be vaccinated
For several months, children under 9 have the highest proportion of new infections, followed by children between 10 and 19 years of age. According to the ministry, these two groups together account for about 30% of the infected.
However, the number of new crown infections in Israel has been declining sharply for two months: the Ministry of Health reported 458 cases from the previous day on Wednesday-and at the beginning of September, the number of individual days exceeded 11,000.
Among the 9.4 million inhabitants, almost 62% have received two vaccinations and 43% have received three vaccinations.According to media reports, about 1 million children between the ages of 5 and 11 may die vaccination get. In a study published by the Israeli health insurance company Meuchedet at the end of October, 48% of the parents interviewed were convinced or assumed that they wanted their children to be vaccinated.
