Italy is set to start vaccinating
children aged five-to-11 for COVID-19 in December, Health
Undersecretary Pierpaolo Sileri said on Wednesday.
Children aged 12 and over are already able to get vaccinated for
the coronavirus.
Giorgio Palù, the head of Italian medicines agency AIFA, said
earlier in the day that Italy could give the all-clear to
vaccines for five-to-11-year-olds as early as Monday if the
European Medicines Agency (EMA) makes it decision on this issue
this week.
"It is necessary to vaccinate children because, if they get ill,
there is a risk of complications, including serious ones,"
Sileri told Sky television.
"And it is necessary to talk about Long COVID because children
can have ailments that last a long time because the virus
attacks many organs.
"The vaccine will be available (for younger children) from early
December".
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