In St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, vaccination of children against COVID begins

The first batches of the CORONAVIRUS vaccine for teenagers were brought to St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The Northern capital received 2880 sets of vaccine for adolescents "GamKovidVak M" N.F. Gamaleya, 720 sets were brought to the neighboring region.

Children's vaccination begins

As explained to RBC Petersburg in the St. Petersburg HEALTH Committee, while the St. Petersburg batch of vaccine is in the Farmbaza warehouse, this week it will be delivered to specially organized vaccination points in children's clinics. The government of the Leningrad region also promised to determine in the near future "to which institutions the drug will be sent."

It is known that 83 points of vaccination of adolescents have been organized in St. Petersburg, the Kommzdrav promised to publish their full list separately. School medical rooms will not vaccinate against the coronavirus.

Lyubov Polyakova, General DIRECTOR of the Pharmaceutical Base of St. Petersburg, explained that the children's vaccine "Sputnik M" is intended for adolescents from 12 to 17 years old inclusive (according to the Komzdrav, 240 thousand children fall under this category in St. Petersburg; the Leningrad region needs about 35 thousand sets vaccines to carry out full prevention of "covid" among adolescents). For its storage, special temperature conditions are required - no higher than -18 degrees.

Vaccination of children under 15 years of age will require the presence of parents to sign an informed voluntary consent. After the age of 15, a teenager has the right to give consent independently. Vaccination with Sputnik M will take place in two stages. The second dose of the drug is administered three weeks after the first.