BRAZIL. KAZINFORM All Brazilian states asked the Ministry of Health to procure and distribute doses of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine for all children aged 6 months to 3 years. In a note, the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) called on the ministry to expand vaccination advice for this age group.
On Thursday, November 10, the Ministry of Health began distributing doses of Pfizer’s pediatric Comirnaty vaccine to children 6 months through 3 years with comorbidities. In total, 1 million doses have been sent to the states and the Federal District. legalization of vaccination of all young people of this age through Anvisa since September 16, reports Agencia Brasil.
The Conass note referred to the latest InfoGripe bulletin, published through the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), which indicated that young people up to four years old are lately the organization most threatened by COVID-19, given the population up to 60 years old. . According to the bulletin, the disease is spreading in the adult population of four states: Amazonas, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo, with the threat of spreading to young people.
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