Corona vaccination for children from 5 years of age: will the vaccine come before Christmas?

The vaccination campaign in Germany is making slow progress.

But the approval of the corona vaccination for children from 5 to 11 years is imminent.

Kassel - The infection rate in Germany is dynamic.

New highs are reported regularly.

The health authorities reported almost 53,000 new corona * infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Friday (November 19, 2021).

The nationwide corona incidence climbed to 340.7 *.

According to the RKI's reporting report, the incidence has also risen continuously in children and adolescents since the beginning of the pandemic.

The incidence in the five to nine year old age group is now well over 600. But that could soon change.

The Federal Ministry of Health expects Biontech's corona vaccine to be approved for children from the age of five in the near future.

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The Federal Ministry of Health expects early approval of the children's vaccine from Biontech.

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Corona vaccination for children: vaccine should be available before Christmas

The vaccine is said to be available even before Christmas.

The Ministry of Health expects availability “subject to approval, probably from December 20, 2021”.

According to the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, the children's vaccine should be approved in November.

According to the Ministry of Health, the federal states will initially discuss the distribution of the first deliveries in the coming weeks.

The biotechnology company Biontech initially promised 2.4 million corona vaccination doses.

Child vaccine: So far, corona vaccination has only been possible from the age of twelve

So far, vaccinations against Corona are only possible from the age of twelve.

The European Commission approved Biontech's children's vaccine back in May.

In July, Moderna's vaccine was approved for children and adolescents aged 12 and over.

The recommendation of the Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) for both mRNA vaccines for children and adolescents aged 12 and over was issued on August 19.

During the Corona summit on Thursday (November 18, 2021), new resolutions * were passed in view of the dynamic pandemic.

These concern, among other things, a mandatory vaccination for certain occupational groups, booster vaccinations and the nationwide expansion of the 2G rule above a certain hospitalization value.

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