Which group of children should pay attention and delay not getting vaccinated against Covid-19?

This is information provided by Dr. Dr. Le Kien Ngai, National Children’s Hospital informed at the training conference on vaccination against Covid-19 for children aged 5 – under 12 years old on the afternoon of March 31.

TS.BS Le Kien Ngai, National Children’s Hospital said that the vaccine is contraindicated for children with a history of anaphylaxis to the previous Covid-19 vaccine or its components. Currently, there are two vaccines that have been approved by the Ministry of Health to be injected: Pfizer vaccine for children from 5 to under 12 years old and Moderna vaccine for children from 6 to under 12 years old.

Subjects who need to delay vaccination are children with advanced acute and chronic diseases or other problems that must be delayed. Specifically, the child has a chronic illness or an acutely progressive illness such as a fever, an infection; in the treatment of a chronic disease such as chemotherapy for cancer… it should be delayed until the end of the acute condition or the end of the treatment of the chronic disease.

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It is worth noting that Dr. Ngai informed that the Vaccine Advisory Council of the Ministry of Health has agreed and recommended that children who have had Covid-19 need to delay vaccination for 3 months from the date of onset. sick.

However, depending on the specific situation, the injection unit may consider the individual circumstances, compare the benefits of injection and no injection to decide whether the child needs to be vaccinated earlier than the above time. This must be approved by parents and carers.

The Advisory Council also recommends that children with MIS-C syndrome need to delay until the child fully recovers from this condition. Children must be examined and monitored at medical examination and treatment facilities to make sure that they no longer have clinical symptoms and that all organs recover completely before they can be vaccinated.

Cases that need careful injection are a group of children with a history of allergy to any allergen, disturbances in perception, behavior, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, etc.

Children who have to be examined, screened and injected at health facilities at the district level or higher are the group with chronic congenital diseases, the screening examination shows that the heart and lungs are abnormal, or when the history is taken, the children have a history of severe anaphylaxis. 3 with any allergen (food, drug, etc.), the child has MIS-C syndrome.

Regarding the vaccination plan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duong Thi Hong, Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, said that 63 provinces and cities will start vaccinating children 5-11 years old from April. , immediately after being supplied.

Immunization will be implemented at schools and fixed and mobile vaccination facilities. Children in the older age group from 11 years old (in 6th grade) will be vaccinated first and then gradually lower.

Up to now, the number of children registered for vaccination in 63 provinces and cities is 11,809,740.

The vaccines used are Pfizer and Moderna. These are two vaccines that have been given a lot in 2021 for additional and booster shots.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duong Thi Hong, also emphasized that children will be monitored at the vaccination site for 30 minutes and continue to be monitored for 28 days after vaccination, especially within the first 7 days. It is worth noting that in the first 3 days after the injection, children must always have someone to support 24/24, avoid vigorous exercise.

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