More than 300 children aged between five and 11 have started vaccinating against Covid-19, corresponding to about half of the eligible universe, announced yesterday, 10 January, the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).
According to the DGS daily report on Covid-19 vaccination carried out in mainland Portugal, 300.481 children, between the ages of five and 11, were vaccinated with one dose until Sunday, the day on which the second vaccination period for the children ended. minors of these age groups and that took place during four days.
According to the accounts released yesterday, 45.151 children between the ages of five and 11 started vaccination against Covid-19 this Sunday.
The vaccination of children at these ages took place in two periods, on the weekend of December 18th and 19th and between January 6th and 9th.
In view of the data released today, and given the number of children aged between five and 11 for whom vaccination against Covid-19 is recommended, which the DGS quantifies at around 626, 48% of the children remain to be immunized with a first dose. minors in this age group.
To date, according to the DGS, about 45 children are no longer eligible for vaccination, as they “have contracted the disease” in the last three months.
The DGS clarifies, in a press release, that children who have not yet been immunized “will have the opportunity to schedule vaccination for the next periods dedicated to pediatric vaccination, starting on February 5th”.
From the 5th of February to the 13th of March, the second pediatric doses will also be administered, which complete the vaccination schedule.
The DGS recommends vaccinating children between the ages of five and 19 against Covid-11, noting that “the number of new cases” in children of these ages “has been increasing”, at a time when the dominant variant Ómicron is circulating, most transmissible, of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19.
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