Israel Oks COVID-19 Vaccination For Kids Under 5
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The Israeli Ministry of health on Wednesday announced in a
statement that it has allowed the administration of COVID-19
vaccines to children and toddlers aged six months to five years,
Trend reports
citing Xinhua .
The announcement came after the ministry's Director General
Nachman Ash accepted a recommendation by a panel of experts given
last week to allow vaccination at these ages. All the panel members
opined that the vaccine has a high safety profile, the ministry
noted.
The ministry will update on the availability of vaccines for
children under five years old at the health maintenance
organizations (HMOs) clinics across the country in the coming
weeks, it added.
The vaccine is especially recommended for children at risk of
severe COVID-19 illness due to underlying health conditions that
impair the immune system, the ministry noted.
Israel has lowered the minimum eligibility age for vaccination
from 12 to five years in November 2021. Since then, 22.8 percent of
about one million children aged five to 11 in Israel have been
vaccinated, according to the ministry's data.
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