Vaccines for children aged 5-11 arrive in Greece – Vaccinations from Wednesday, how do we make an appointment | HELLAS
The long-awaited, first coronavirus vaccines for children aged 5-11 are arriving in Greece today.
Specifically, today will be the first receipt of children’s vaccines in our country, of the companies Pfizer / BioNTech. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on November 25 approved the vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years.
Besides, we remind you that next Wednesday the first vaccinations in children from 5 to 11 years old will start against the coronavirus, with the platform for making an appointment having already been opened since last Friday 10/12. In fact, the interest is quite large and the traffic for dating quite “life”.
What applies to childhood vaccines
The dose for children of this age is 1/3 of the dose of the vaccine given to adults, ie 10 micrograms compared to the 30 micrograms that is the adult vaccine.
Studies have shown that the production of antibodies at a dose of 10 micrograms was comparable to the dose of 30 micrograms given to older individuals.
At the same time, for the better information of the public, the National Vaccination Committee published in the form of questions / answers what we need to know about the vaccination of children and adolescents against coronavirus.
Where will children be vaccinated?
The vaccinations will be carried out in Primary Care structures and in Hospitals and in the first phase there will be vaccination centers for pedagogical vaccines in 75 areas of Greece. Gradually more vaccination centers and Health Centers will be added.
In Attica the vaccinations will be carried out in 5 vaccination points. At the Agia Sofia Children’s Hospital, at the Penteli Children’s Hospital, at the Voula Asclepieion, at the Agia Sofia Health Center in Piraeus and at the Peristeri Health Center.
Also, on the islands and in the remote areas where “patrol vaccinations” took place, as was done with the first and second dose.