Since the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 began, Spain has registered a high percentage of immunization. The same was expected with the children of 5 to 11 years, which this Wednesday received the first anticovid punctures. Expectations that have been more than met. “We were optimistic because Spain is a provaccination country“acknowledges Francisco Álvarez García, coordinator of the Vaccine Advisory Committee of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics.
Pediatricians and epidemiologists advise childhood vaccination
In this sense, the expert insists that at this time “the only way to fight the virus is vaccinationIn this regard, he warns that although the incidence of COVID-19 “is mild in most children,” there have been more than 190 admissions to intensive care units and up to 20 deaths of children under 10 years. “Why are we going to run the risk that the coronavirus becomes complicated if our children acquire it and have to go to the hospital having an effective and safe method such as the vaccine?”
No risk of myocarditis
On the possible cases of myocarditis After receiving the anticovid punctures, Álvarez explains that no inflammation of this type has been detected. “It was neither plausible nor expected that this vaccine could produce this side effect.” In fact, of the nearly 5 million children in the United States who have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus, none have developed myocarditis, which has been reported in adolescents. In this age group, chest pain, fever, and shortness of breath were the most common symptoms.
Unlike the adult population, the youngest age group will receive a third of the compound, that is, 10 milligrams of the dose. “Being a smaller amount, clinical trials have shown that the common side effects are also less than those compared with the age range of 16 to 25 years.”
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