We can start with the anti-Covid vaccination of children aged 5-11 years. This is established by a circular from the Ministry of Health, signed by the Director General of Prevention of the Ministry, Giovanni Rezza. “On 1/12/2021 the technical-scientific commission of Aifa, accepting the opinion expressed by the European Medicines Agency (Ema), approved the extension of indication of use of the Comirnaty vaccine (BioNTech / Pfizer), in the specific formulation from 10 mcg / dose, for the age group 5-11 years – reads the document -. Therefore, it is possible to proceed with the inclusion of this age group in the SarS-CoV-2 / Covid-19 vaccination program“.
The “Comirnaty 10 mcg / dose vaccine is administered, after dilution, intramuscularly (preferably in the deltoid region of the arm) as a course of 2 doses (0.2 mL each) 3 weeks (21 days) each. on the other “, reads the circular. “Among the main characteristics of this formulation – the document details – it is shown that each vial, whose closure is in orange plastic, contains 10 doses of 0.2 mL, after dilution with 1.3 mL of solution for injection sodium chloride 9 mg / mL (0.9%). Thawed and unopened vials can be stored at 2 ° C to 8 ° C for up to 10 weeks, during the 6 month shelf life ; after dilution, they can be stored at a temperature between 2 ° C and 30 ° C, and can be used within 12 hours “.
“In children undergoing solid organ transplantation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or with markedly impaired immune response for causes related to the pathology or pharmacological treatments an additional dose can be given at least 28 days after the second dose“.