As the #COVID19 outbreak reaches its third year in the Americas 🌎, millions of children are missing out on routine vaccinations, putting countries at risk of losing two decades of immunization progress.
And last week, the WHO’s expert group on immunization authorized Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11, offering a roadmap for countries that may be ready to roll out COVID vaccines for them.
Countries must act urgently so the next generation has the health, education, and social opportunities to reach their fullest potential and so that no child or teen is left behind.
This data holds the key for how to restore or offer these services safely.
As countries weigh the benefits of vaccinating children, and as they work to bring back in-person learning, I want to reinforce a point I made at the top: the need for better and more granular data.
This data holds the key for how to restore or offer these services safely.
Countries must act urgently so the next generation has the health, education, and social opportunities to reach their fullest potential and so that no child 👧🏿 or teen is left behind
@DirOPSPAHO #COVID19
As countries weigh the benefits of vaccinating children 🩹, and as they work to bring back in-person learning, I want to reinforce a point I made at the top: the need for better and more granular data 📊
@DirOPSPAHO #COVID19
And last week, the WHO’s expert group on immunization authorized Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children 👩🏿🦱🧑🏻🦱 between the ages of 5 and 12, offering a roadmap for countries that may be ready to roll out COVID vaccines for them.
Many countries have already authorized and are safely administering COVID vaccines 🩹 to adolescents.
In these countries, where vulnerable groups have already been protected and where additional vaccine supplies 📦 may be available, countries should consider the benefits of vaccinating children to further reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 🦠
