Very young children eligible for these specific doses of the Pfizer vaccine are those who are at risk of developing a severe form of the disease or who live with an immunocompromised person.
New expansion of vaccination against Covid-19. The General Directorate of Health (DGS) announces this Thursday the opening of the vaccination campaign for children aged 6 months to 4 years at risk of serious forms and living in the entourage of an immunocompromised person.
The DGS specifies in a press release the scope of this campaign. Children aged 6 months to 4 years and eligible for three specific doses of Pfizer’s vaccine include those who are at risk of developing a severe form of the disease or who have one of the following particularly high-risk conditions:
- Congenital heart disease
- Chronic liver disease
- Chronic heart and respiratory diseases (including severe asthma requiring ongoing treatment)
- Neurological diseases
- Primary or drug-induced immunodeficiency
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Hematological malignancies
- sickle cell disease
- Trisomy 21
Three doses to be administered for “optimal protection”
“To these pathologies can be added situations where, on a case-by-case basis, on the basis of a strict assessment of the individual benefit/risk ratio, doctors specializing in organs and rare diseases can offer vaccination”, specifies by elsewhere the General Directorate of Health.
In addition, this expansion of the vaccination campaign also concerns children aged 6 months to 4 years living in the entourage of an immunocompromised person as part of the cocooning strategy.
“The three doses will ultimately have to be carried out, to guarantee optimal protection”, finally underlines the DGS.
