Thousands of vaccine doses adapted for children arrived today (Saturday) at Ben Gurion Airport and will be handed over to the health authorities ahead of the launch of the vaccination campaign for children aged 11 to 5 throughout Israel.
According to Superintendent Corona, Professor Salman Zarka in an interview with Aryeh Golan's This Morning Program here on Net B last week, the director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, is expected to sign this morning's recommendations from the team for the treatment of epidemics. That last week approved by an overwhelming majority the administration of vaccines against the virus to this age group.
He added that the special vaccine doses are expected to arrive during the week, and after all the necessary tests have been performed - the vaccination campaign will begin next week.
The commissioner also referred to the drug for Pfizer's corona, saying the road to giving it was still a long way off: "The drug company has yet to transfer substances to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and get approval from it, but we have already bought doses of the drug anyway."
Prof. Zarqa also referred to the fourth wave that is currently in decline, and said that the Ministry of Health is closely monitoring the various variants of the virus that are found around the world: "It will be difficult to prevent a variant from entering the country, The pulse. "
At the end of the discussion in which it was approved to vaccinate children aged 11-5, IDF member Dr. Arnon Shachar said: It will bring them back to the routine of their lives, to social gatherings without fear and to the cessation of isolation. "
