A team of consultants with the World Health Organization (WHO) assured that the anti-corona vaccines made by Pfizer and Biontech drug companies are suitable for children at 12 years and above.
In the same context, the WHO has modernized its guidelines related to vaccinating against the Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19) by adding a new article regarding the vaccination of children and teenagers.
Experts at the UN organization said that the disease in children and teenagers is milder than in adults.
The minors aren’t a group that is susceptible to contract the virus so vaccinating them is not persisting like the adults, people with chronic diseases, and the medical crews.
The experts of the organization think that it is the time to gather more data about the uses of various vaccines for children to present general recommendations for vaccinating the lesser age groups.
The team of WHO consultants indicated that either the vaccines made by Pfizer and Biontech is suitable for children under 12 years and above.
The WHO modernizes its recommendations periodically when new evidence based on research or as the pandemic situation requires a change in policies in effect.
On the other hand, Anastasia Rakova, deputy-mayor of Moscow for social development, said on Monday, that clinical trials on Sputnik-7 on teenagers at 12-17 years will start in Moscow next July.
However, The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that many developing nations have depleted their quota of the anti-corona vaccines that received through the international initiative of COVAX.
The organization announced that it intends to establish a central headquarters in South Africa to transfer technologies of the anti-corona vaccines.
Earlier this month, Dr. T. Adhanom. Director-General of the WHO warned that slacking in adhering to the strict measurements of hygiene along with not applying social distancing as well as unjust distribution of vaccines among the developed and underdeveloped nations across the world.
He stressed that the deadly virus is still mutating due to the differences in supplying the vaccines in various parts of the globe.
The Director-General of the WHO said that some regions in the planet, especially in Africa and Latin America which witness an increase in death toll and confirmed infections with the COVID-19.
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