After the vaccination priority for adults was lifted on June 7th, the Stiko recommendation for children has now fallen.
However, it does not affect all children and adolescents.
Berlin - The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) did not make a general vaccination recommendation for healthy children and adolescents from 12 years of age during the pandemic.
However, she recommends vaccinations against the coronavirus for 12 to 17-year-olds with certain previous illnesses, as the latest bulletin from the Robert Koch Institute revealed on Thursday.
The decision of the Stiko had already been indicated, the experts recently spoke several times of knowledge gaps regarding
the safety of the vaccine in the age group: Reference was made to the small number of vaccinated subjects and a short
follow-up period.
In addition, if healthy children are infected with Sars-CoV-2, they have a very low risk of becoming seriously ill, according to experts.
In other words, the benefits of vaccination may not outweigh the risks.
Corona in Germany: Stiko decision for child vaccinations made
Around 80 children and adolescents have been treated in intensive care units in Germany during the pandemic, almost two thirds of whom had previous illnesses.
For adults with Covid-19, more than 112,000 completed intensive treatments have been recorded so far (more than one treatment can be counted per patient due to transfers).
What Stiko recommends after processing scientific data is considered the medical standard in Germany.
Formally, vaccination is also possible without a Stiko recommendation, but it contradicts "a practice that has always been established," said the German Society for General Medicine and Family Medicine recently.
