Bangladesh to vaccinate children with Pfizer vaccineIs one dose effective enough and safer? The vaccination of the children, aged 12 to 17, will initially open at 12 centres in Dhaka on November 1. Some Bangladeshi experts have suggested using a single-dose regimen of the Pfizer vaccine on children considering the side effects and availability of shots. The Chief Medical Officers, or CMOs, of England recommended that children aged 12-15 in Britain get a first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. “Besides the children, other members of the family should receive the vaccine, because the children will become vulnerable if everyone is not vaccinated.”WHAT OFFICIALS SAYDr Meerjady Sabrina Flora, additional director general of the DGHS who heads the national vaccine deployment committee, said Bangladesh is administering two doses of Pfizer vaccine to children following the WHO advice.

Source: bd News24 October 29, 2021 15:47 UTC