site.btaCOVID-19 Vaccines for Children to Be Administered at 68 Sites across Bulgaria

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COVID-19 Vaccines for Children
to Be Administered
at 68 Sites across Bulgaria


Sofia, December 21 (BTA) - The COVID-19 vaccines for children will be administered at 68 sites across Bulgaria, Chief Health Inspector Angel Kunchev told journalists here on Tuesday. The vaccine, which has already been delivered to Bulgaria, s designatd for children between the ages of 5 and 11. Additional vaccination sites will be opened if there is increased demand from parents.

The pediatric vaccine is with an altered antigen composition and contains three times less micrograms of the active ingredient, Kunchev explained. It has the same effect as the one used on adults, he said. The vials contain ten doses each, which will require that ten children are signed up before a vial is opened. That is the reason vaccines for children will be administered at specially designated sites, Kunchev said.
He advised parents who wish to have their children vaccinated to schedule an appointment.

The vaccine for children is administered the same way as the one for adults - it is injected in the arm. A possible booster dose for children is still not a topic of discussion, as more data is needed, Kunchev said. MY /МЙ/