Israel like the USA: Approved the vaccine against the coronavirus to be given to children aged five to 11

Israel is one of the first countries to begin a mass vaccination campaign of adults and adolescents earlier this year and became the first country in the world to launch a broad booster campaign during the summer

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Vaccination of children in the USA, Photo: Reuters
Vaccination of children in the USA, Photo: Reuters
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Israel has approved the covid-19 vaccine to be given to children aged five to 11.

The decision of the Ministry of Health of Israel was made last night after the immunization for that age group was approved in the USA at the beginning of November.

Israel is one of the first countries to begin a mass vaccination campaign of adults and adolescents earlier this year and became the first country in the world to launch a broad booster campaign during the summer.

Experts say that such efforts contributed to stopping the spread of the coronavirus and brought the latest wave of delta strain infections under control.

However, the coronavirus continued to spread among the unvaccinated population, including children.

As stated in the announcement, the Director General of the Ministry of Health of Israel, Nahman Ash, accepted the recommendation of expert advisors to immunize children with the Pfizer/Biontek vaccine.

Most counselors believe that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks.

The ministry announced that it will announce the start of the campaign in the coming days.

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