The country’s Chief Public Health Officer says Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization is strengthening its recommendations on pediatric vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years.
Newfoundland and Labrador has some of the highest pediatric vaccination rates in the country, but concerns are being expressed about lower rates in other jurisdictions.
Dr. Theresa Tam says NACI strongly recommends that children 5 to 11 receive two doses of the pediatric vaccine, at least eight weeks apart, with a third dose recommended for moderately to severely immunocompromised children.
She says although numbers are starting to decline, COVID infection rates remain high across all age groups in Canada, including children 5 to 11.
Dr. Tam says despite evidence that children remain at low risk of severe illness, higher infection rates mean more children are being hospitalized. Children can also develop a rare, but serious, multisystem inflammatory syndrome, sometimes occurring several weeks after infection.
1/5 #COVID19 key concerns ???? : though beginning to decline, infection rates remain high across all age groups, including among children aged 5 to 11 years of age as unprecedented levels of transmission continue across the country.
— Dr. Theresa Tam (@CPHO_Canada) January 25, 2022
NACI Strengthens Guidance on Pediatric Vaccines for Children 5 to 11 - VOCM
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