The Burden of COVID-19 in Children and Its Prevention by Vaccination: A Joint Statement of the Israeli Pediatric Association and the Israeli Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases

The Burden of COVID-19 in Children and Its Prevention by Vaccination: A Joint Statement of the Israeli Pediatric Association and the Israeli Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases

As of October 2021, SARS-CoV-2 infections were reported among 512,613 children and adolescents in Israel (~33% of all COVID-19 cases). The 5–11-year age group accounted for about 43% (223,850) of affected children and adolescents. In light of the availability of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine...

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Main Authors: Michal Stein, Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, David Greenberg, Ilan Dalal, Gilat Livni, Gil Chapnick, Chen Stein-Zamir, Shai Ashkenazi, Lior Hecht-Sagie, Zachi Grossman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
COVID-19
children
adolescents
vaccine
risk-benefit
efficacy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/1/81

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