The Ministry of Public has announced that parents will be able to register their 12 to 15-year-old children for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine starting tomorrow.
The announcement was made after Pfizer’s study indicated that its vaccine was safe and extremely effective in preventing COVID-19 cases in children aged 12 to 15.
Children aged from 12 to 15 years are to be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Qatarhttps://t.co/uHhxCunlNU pic.twitter.com/8iZyOCDcrO
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Furthermore, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds in the US.
According to MoPH, this initiative will help to ensure a return to greater normality when the school year starts this coming September.
Parents will be able to register their children to take the vaccine through the Ministry of Public Health website from Sunday 16 May, after which they will be contacted by the Primary Health Care Corporation.
Additionally, MoPH had announced that the validity for quarantine exemption of all vaccines administered in Qatar will be extended from the previously approved six months to nine months from today onwards.
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