COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 5-11 years
Memo presenting the Danish Health Authority’s assessment of the basis for a possible extension of the target group of Comirnaty® primary vaccination to include children down to the age of five years.
NOTATER 06 JUL 2022
Content
- Background
- Framework and principles for paediatric vaccination programmes
- Regulatory documentation
- Regulation
- Recommendations made by other countries and societies
- Update on the Danish epidemic
- Disease burden
- The 5-11-year-olds’ role in the epidemic
- Expectations to the upcoming winter and seasons
- Immunity
- Safety
- Experience with COVID-19 vaccination of children
- Indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for children
- Parental accept
- Adaptation to the childhood vaccination programme
- Assessment of principles concerning COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 5-11 years
- Overall assessment
- Appendix