WHO opposes universal vaccination of children against COVID-19

The World HEALTH Organization does not recommend vaccinating all children and adolescents against CORONAVIRUS, as the likelihood of a severe course of the disease in these age groups is small. This follows from the statement on booster vaccinations against covid-19 on the organization's website.

“At present, WHO does not recommend universal vaccination of children and adolescents because the burden of severe disease in these age groups is low, and high [vaccination] coverage among groups most at risk of severe disease has not yet been achieved in all countries,” it says. in a statement.

On November 24, the Ministry of Health registered the Sputnik-M coronavirus vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17. On December 13, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced that vaccination for children is exclusively voluntary and with the voluntary consent of parents.

Leila Namazova-Baranova, Chief Freelance Children's Specialist in Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of RUSSIA, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, specified that parents of adolescents who agree to be vaccinated will have to provide a written application and written voluntary informed consent. Consent can be written by parents or teenagers themselves who are already 15 years old.