Lack of evidence casts doubt on the use of the coronavirus vaccine in children during the first months

"At first, COVID-19 vaccines may not be recommended for children," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have indicated in a new guide posted on its website.

The reason given is that the clinical trials that several laboratories are conducting to develop the vaccine are only being done with adult men and women (and none of them pregnant).

Although the trials are expected to include children and pregnant women in the future, it is not clear whether researchers will have enough information about how the vaccine affects these groups to make a recommendation for use.

"The recommended groups to receive the vaccine may change in the future," the CDC indicates.

Thus, the vaccines may initially be licensed for limited use in the United States, before trials with children are complete.

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AstraZeneca, one of the pharmaceutical companies that leads the development of the vaccine, assured that tests will be carried out in children in the second phase of clinical trials.

Moderna, another company behind the vaccine, plans to begin trials in minors this year.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases since 1984, and one of the country's leading experts, indicated this Wednesday that the vaccine could be ready for widespread distribution as of April 2021.

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According to the CDC, "experts are working on how to distribute the first doses of vaccines fairly, ethically, and transparently."

To solve this, the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is developing a distribution proposal, which considers four phases, with frontline workers, the elderly and people with pre-existing health conditions such as the first once the vaccine is obtained. federal approval.

Essential workers, teachers and the homeless, as well as those in prison, would be the next groups on the list, to be later distributed to children and youth.

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Contagion cases are on the rise in the United States and Europe

The coronavirus has already infected 7.8 million people in the United States and more than 216,000 have died, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Engineering Sciences.

Cases have risen again in the country, with 39 states showing curves upward or at their highest point since August.

Data from The COVID Tracking Project, compiled by The Atlantic magazine, shows that 36,051 people were hospitalized for the disease on Tuesday,

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Graphic with coronavirus infections in the United States.Felipe Galvez, Telemundo

The situation is repeated in other parts of the world.

Spain, France and the United Kingdom have added more cases than the United States in relation to their number of inhabitants, according to data from The New York Times.

Much of Europe is already feeling the effects of a second wave of the pandemic, after several months in which infections had fallen to their minimums and cities resumed their economic and social activities.

The situation worries because the countries of the northern hemisphere are heading towards their winter season, where other diseases, such as the flu, can worsen the general health situation.

In France, the president, Emmanuel Macron, reported on Wednesday that several cities, including the capital, Paris, will be put under

between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. starting next Friday, to reduce the contacts between people.