Yes to vaccinate all over 12 against Covid-19 and no to prescribe drugs aimed at preventing any adverse post-vaccination events.
These are two of the 8 points contained in the document approved by the Governing Council of the Italian Society of Pediatrics (Sip), which enters the heart of one of the issues that are most discussed in Italian families in this period, namely the vaccination of minors.
In our country, of the 4.2 million cases of Sars-Cov-2 infection, 638,000 cases have affected those under 19, causing 26 deaths. 5.5%, or 231,338 cases, involved children between 0 and 9 years with 11 deaths; 9.6%, that is 406.460 cases, the 10-19 age group with 15 deaths. The data, extrapolated from those of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Iss), updated to 9 June 2021, is provided by the Italian Society of Pediatrics (Sip), according to which "a global vaccination intervention is necessary, in all ages and in all countries of the world "and" does not consider it valid and effective "to limit it only to pediatric patients with previous illnesses.
In particular, the SIP experts recommend, in line with the current ministerial recommendations, vaccination for all children and adolescents aged 12 years or older without contraindications for the specific vaccines authorized for age; the use of any Covid-19 vaccine (as long as it is approved in Europe and Italy), according to the times and methods of administration provided for the specific age groups. In the case of a minor with a history of previous Sars-CoV-2 infection, we recommend, as for adults, "an interval of at least 90 days between the diagnosis of infection or the administration of any monoclonal antibodies and the first administration of the Covid vaccine. -19 ".
It is also important to "guide adolescents and their families towards a free and aware vaccination process" as well as "inform parents about how to manage the most frequent post-vaccine signs and symptoms, but above all about the timing for contacting them. cases, your doctor ". Finally, the document does not forget the importance of "strongly reaffirming the value of continuous and constant compliance with the rules for the containment and diffusion of Sars-CoV-2, even after vaccination".
