The Ministry of Health is considering corona vaccines for babies: "Waiting for FDA decision" | Israel today

In light of the continuing rise in corona data in Israel, the Ministry of Health is waiting for the US health services to approve the granting of vaccines to toddlers before the move is approved in Israel as well.

The head of public health services, Dr. Sharon Elroy Price, was interviewed today (Thursday) by IDF waves and referred to the US FDA approval that is expected to be given to vaccinate toddlers against the corona virus.

"If the vaccine is approved in the United States, a meeting of the team to treat epidemics (ZTM) will enter Israel and we will also discuss the possibility of vaccinating these ages.

"I assume that if the vaccine is safe, we will also approve it," she said in an interview.

On the other hand, Dr. Price referred to the fact that there was not too much response to the vaccination of children from the age of 5 to the age of 11 and assumed that "the vaccination of the toddlers will not be very responsive either because of the many noises against the vaccine.

However, parents should know that in Israel, more evidence has been found of a link between the corona virus and the new jaundice that has affected children's livers around the world, so it is in the parents' interest to vaccinate their children so that they are protected against this type of injury. "

Regarding the sixth wave and the obligation to wear masks, Dr. Price said that "we may be going there.

At the moment we recommend wearing masks, I do not know if any recommendation should be made mandatory.

There should be a mutual guarantee, look around you, the morbidity is rising. "

As you may recall, yesterday the corona commissioner, Prof. Salman Zarka, said that the Ministry of Health is considering returning the obligation to wear masks in closed spaces against the background of the continuing increase in corona morbidity in recent days.

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During a discussion in the Knesset Health Committee, Zarqa said that "there is a thought of returning regulations that require the wearing of masks. I do not think this is a burden that the public cannot meet."

He also said that the Ministry of Health already recommends to the public in general and the population at risk in particular to stay with masks in enclosed spaces.

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