Italian children must be vaccinated
against COVID-19, the country's paediatricians said Monday.
Of the 4.2 million COVID cases in Italy so far, they said, some
638,000 had hit under-19s and 26 of them had died.
Some 5.5%, or 231,338 cases, concerned 0-9 year olds with 11
deaths, and 9.6%, or 406,460 cases, 10-19 year olds with 15
deaths.
The Italian Paediatric Assocation said "comprehensive global
vaccine intervention is needed, at all ages and all countries in
the world".
It came out against vaccinating only children with pre-existing
conditions, calling that approach "neither valid nor effective".
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