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Bivalent vaccines against COVID-19

S vaccines bivalent against COVID-19 offer better protection in the coming months, says the FDA, including children Smaller. since when have you been vaccines are available in the country, we need to apply them to as many people as possible. Other measures are that the unvaccinated are vaccinated with the vaccines known, that the vaccination scheme is completed in people who are still incomplete, return to frequent hand washing and the use of the mask at least in places with agglomerations of people. Anyone traveling to the US gets a dose of the new vaccines who are free in that country. Because the coronavirus is re-emerging with new variants, with more infections and more after-effects.

S vaccines bivalent to prevent disease COVID-19 recently authorized aim to attack the original strain of SARS-Cov-2 as well as the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants responsible for the infections that have alerted the scientific community around the world in recent weeks. The vaccines bivalents had been authorized by the FDA as a reinforcement for people aged 5 and over, but a few days ago, this same body authorized them by including the children from 6 months of age.

Los children Ages 6 months to 5 years who received the original two-dose Moderna vaccine will receive a booster of the Moderna Bivalent vaccine two months after completing their schedule. vaccines primaries. The children 6 months to 4 year olds who have completed their primary 3-dose program of Pfizer vaccine are expected to be protected and will not receive a booster dose of the bivalent vaccine from this pharmaceutical company until further notice next year. And those who received 2 doses of Pfizer vaccine will receive this brand’s bivalent vaccine as if it were the third dose of their primary schedule.

It is very important to listen to the experts and scientists who are working vaccines on what we should do and avoid expressing scientifically unsubstantiated opinions at this time when SARS-Cov-2 and other viruses are a real threat to everyone.

REFERENCE: Covid Omicron injections now licensed for children 6 months and older. By Ingrid Hein, writer, MedPage Today, December 8, 2022.


Pediatric neonatologist. Paediatrician emeritus and former president of the Dominican Society of Pediatrics.

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