The High Health Authority recommends, in an opinion issued this Monday, December 19, the vaccination of children from 6 months to 4 years old at risk of developing a serious form in the event of Covid infection.
“In a context of active circulation of the Sars-CoV-2 epidemic, the High Authority for Health recommends extending vaccination against Covid-19 as of today to children aged 6 months to 4 years old at risk. severe form of the disease and death”: the HAS opens this Monday, December 19 the vaccination against Covid to young children.
The HAS specifies that vaccination is “now possible with the Cominaty vaccine from Pfizer, which obtained an extension of indication on November 25 for this age group for which there was no vaccine available”. It “also recommends vaccinating children in this age category living in the entourage of immunocompromised people or who do not respond to vaccination”.
The target: children with congenital, obese, Down syndrome heart disease
The opinion is motivated by “the evolution of recent epidemiology in this age group”: “Those under 1 year old accounted for 70% of hospitalizations for 0-17 year olds and 84% of critical care admissions”.
Are particularly concerned, “children who have one of these comorbidities”: “Congenital heart disease, chronic liver disease, chronic heart and respiratory disease (including severe asthma requiring continuous treatment), neurological diseases, primary or drug-induced immunodeficiency, obesity, diabetes, hematological malignancies, sickle cell disease and trisomy 21”.