On Friday, the Public Well being Company of Sweden introduced the removing of the advice on basic vaccination in opposition to COVID-19 for ages 12 to 17.
Earlier this 12 months, Sweden determined in opposition to recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-11 as a result of the advantages didn’t outweigh the dangers.
“With the data we’ve at present, with a low danger for critical illness for teenagers, we don’t see any clear profit with vaccinating them,” Well being Company official Britta Bjorkholm stated throughout a news conference.
The Swedish authorities has now introduced that the COVID-19 vaccine mandate might be eliminated for wholesome youngsters and adolescents underneath the age of 18 as a result of the “danger of great sickness and demise from COVID-19 in youngsters and younger individuals could be very low.”
“The overall advice for principally wholesome youngsters aged 12–17 years to vaccinate in opposition to covid-19 ends after 31 October. The reason being the very low danger of great sickness and demise from covid-19 in youngsters and younger individuals. Sooner or later, vaccination in opposition to covid-19 is really useful for kids in particular teams,” in accordance with the information launch.
Only a few younger individuals underneath the age of 18 have change into very in poor health from COVID-19 throughout this outbreak.
“Present data and epidemiology present that the virus variants for SARS-CoV-2 trigger more and more gentle signs for essentially wholesome youngsters and younger individuals, and that immunity within the group could be very excessive,” stated Sören Andersson, head of unit on the Public Well being Company.
“General, we see that the necessity for care on account of covid-19 has been low amongst youngsters and younger individuals through the pandemic, and has additionally decreased for the reason that omicron virus variant started to unfold. At this stage of the pandemic, we don’t see a continued want for vaccination on this group. Subsequently, we’re eradicating the advice on basic vaccination in opposition to covid-19 for ages 12 to 17,” he added.
Extra from the news release:
The choice implies that from 1 November 2022 solely youngsters in particular teams with elevated sensitivity to covid-19 are really useful and thus supplied vaccination in opposition to covid-19. It’s about people inside teams which might be judged to be extra delicate to respiratory infections normally, or have a considerably diminished immune system. These teams are outlined by the Swedish Pediatric Affiliation.
For essentially wholesome youngsters and younger individuals, SARS-CoV-2, in accordance with the Public Well being Company and representatives from the pediatric career and the Swedish Pediatric Affiliation, may be thought-about a standard respiratory virus on this part of the pandemic.
The overall advice on vaccination in opposition to covid-19 is simply eliminated for essentially wholesome youngsters within the 12-17 12 months age group. For many who have turned 18, the advice for adults applies, that it is best to take three doses to have fundamental safety in opposition to covid-19.
The Public Well being Authority’s resolution has been made after dialogue with representatives of related organisations, together with the Swedish Affiliation of Pediatricians and the Nationwide Program Space (NPO) for kids and younger individuals’s well being. The state of data and the epidemiology of covid-19 is constantly monitored. Within the occasion of a attainable change within the scenario for kids and younger individuals in Sweden, the suggestions might change.
One other EU nation that barred the COVID vaccines is Denmark.
Denmark barred individuals underneath 50 from receiving the COVID vaccine.
In July 2022, it was not attainable for kids and adolescents aged underneath 18 to get the primary COVID vaccine injection and, after September 1, 2022, it was not attainable for them to get the second injection.
🔥BREAKING: An fascinating replace from Denmark’s Well being Authority was revealed yesterday:
Denmark will not provide boosters and vaccines to individuals underneath 50 not at excessive danger.
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It may be recalled that each of those EU nations, Sweden and Denmark, halted the Moderna COVID vaccinations for these underneath 30 years previous because of attainable uncomfortable side effects in October 2021, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.
