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Germany recommends vaccination against COVID-19 for children 5-11 years old

STIKO’s announcement states that children aged 5 years and older should be given one shot COVID-19 vaccine mRNA, preferably with a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. At the same time, vaccination must be done at least 3 months after contracting COVID-19.

Experts say the majority of children may have had COVID-19 and an estimated 77.5% of children aged 5-11 have been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at least once. Therefore, according to STIKO, this group of children is only recommended to receive one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at this time.

To research a suitable vaccine for the group 5 – 11 year old childrenPfizer-BioNTech has developed a lower dose version of the conventional COVID-19 vaccine.

STIKO also said that children 6 years and older can get one dose of Moderna’s vaccine. However, the recommendation states that vaccination should only be done at least 3 months after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

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Germany recommends one dose of Pfizer vaccine for children 5-11 years old. (Photo: AP)

The recommendation is made as a precautionary measure as the number of new cases of COVID-19 is forecast to increase next fall and winter.

In Germany, less than 20% of children aged 5-11 are currently vaccinated. According to STIKO, children who have had two shots should not get a third dose at this time.

Currently, STIKO only recommends that children aged 5-11 years with underlying medical conditions or who are in frequent contact with people at high risk for COVID-19 should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Even healthy children can still come for injections if their parents agree to have the injections given to them by the doctor. However, there is currently no approved COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 years of age.

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