JERUSALEM: Israel began rolling out Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccinations for 5-to-11-year-olds on Monday hoping to beat down a recent rise in coronavirus infections.
Israel's 9.4 million population is relatively young, with around 1.2 million children in the 5-to-11 age group. By November, that group comprised more than a third of new cases, according to health ministry data. Scientists and officials have been doubtful the country can reach"herd immunity" unless children are vaccinated.
Israel's health ministry estimates that one in 3,500 children infected with coronavirus will later develop Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in which parts of the body become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, and gastrointestinal organs. Most children who suffer from the condition require intensive care treatment and 1-2 per cent die.
"All these phenomena can be severe and we want to prevent them," Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz told lawmakers on Monday.
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