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Hanoi plans to give Covid-19 vaccine to children 5-11 years old this quarter

Hanoi plans to vaccinate children 5-11 years old with Covid-19 vaccine right this quarter, according to the age schedule from high to low, gradually lowering the age.

Subjects to be vaccinated include school-going or non-school children who are indicated to use the Covid-19 vaccine as recommended by the manufacturer and the Ministry of Health. The vaccination campaign will be carried out simultaneously in the city, the implementation roadmap is according to the age from high to low (pre-vaccination for children under 12 years old and gradually lowering the age) as well as according to the schedule of vaccine supply. ask for.

The city will organize vaccination at fixed and mobile vaccination facilities in the form of regular vaccination. The main deployment site is at mobile vaccination sites in schools. In addition, injection at health stations or medical facilities for young subjects who do not go to school, those who are cautious, delay the injection.

Hanoi also mobilized vaccination points at hospitals, domestic and non-public clinics, ministerial and branch hospitals located in the area, vaccination facilities, service and support staff with certificates of injection safety. booster vaccine at injection sites.

The Hanoi People’s Committee requires that the implementation of vaccination points need to ensure safety and quality, and implement measures to prevent and control the epidemic. Immunize the right selected subjects, organize emergency teams, promptly handle adverse events after vaccination.

Previously, the Ministry of Health said that, as planned, at the beginning of April 2022, 63 provinces and cities will simultaneously enter the vaccination campaign. Covid-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years old. The vaccine used is made by Pfizer and Moderna. Specifically, the Ministry of Health allows the use of Moderna’s vaccine for children aged 6-11 years old. Meanwhile, Pfizer’s vaccine is administered to children aged 5-11 years old.

Common reactions when administering the Covid-19 vaccine to young children include headache, joint pain, diarrhea, pain at the injection site, muscle pain, and a higher rate of reaction at the second dose. Approximately 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 1,000,000 may have myocarditis and pericarditis. However, to date, countries that are implementing vaccination for children 5-11 years old have not recorded any reports of this reaction.

According to TS.BS Le Kien Ngai, National Children’s Hospital, the group of children aged 5-11 who are contraindicated to vaccination is the group with a history of anaphylaxis with the previous Covid-19 vaccine or its components.

Subjects needing to delay vaccination is a group of 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, etc., it is necessary to delay until the end of the acute or chronic condition, or the end of the treatment of the chronic disease.

In addition, the Advisory Council has unanimously recommended that children who have had Covid-19 should delay vaccination for 3 months from the date of disease onset. However, on a case-by-case basis, vaccination units may consider individual circumstances and compare the benefits of vaccination with and without vaccination to decide if a child needs vaccination earlier than this 3 months. .

In case a child after Covid-19 has MIS-C multi-organ inflammatory syndrome, it should be delayed until the child has fully recovered from this medical condition. If the baby with MIS-C syndrome has recovered but still has symptoms in the organs, it should be taken to medical examination and treatment facilities at the district level or higher for full exploration, evaluation and testing; then proceed to inject the child at the hospital to ensure safety.

The cases that need careful vaccination are the group of children with a history of allergy to any allergen; Children have perceptual disturbances, experience crowd psychology, hyperactivity, attention deficit, etc.

Subjects who must be examined, screened and injected at the hospital at the district level or higher, in addition to those who have ever had MIS-C syndrome, also include children with chronic congenital diseases, abnormal heart and lung screening, or when declaring Take the history that the child has a history of grade 3 anaphylaxis with any allergen (food, drug, …).

Quynh Anh

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