Most children have natural immunity.
Recent research found that two-thirds of children withwho attended hospital in the first two years of the pandemic did not require medical intervention.
The latest review, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, highlights that as natural immunity is now widespread in younger populations, the additional benefit of vaccination in healthy children is minimal. However, lead author Dr John Hart said while there was not enough evidence to support blanket vaccination of healthy children, it was different for high-risk children, especially those with disabilities and certain underlying conditions.
‘Given the very high prevalence of risk factors for severe Covid-19 in low- and middle-income countries, vaccination against Covid-19 is an important consideration in all age groups, including children,’ he said, adding that a decision to vaccinate should be based on the benefits to the individual child, not the household or community.
‘If Covid-19 vaccines are made available to children, the opportunity should be taken to increase coverage of standard childhood vaccines such as for measles, pneumonia, rotavirus, polio and human papillomavirus,’ said Dr Hart.
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