Denmark: “No covid vaccine to children, we will only give it after a medical examination”
Drive back to Denmark. The COVID-19 vaccine should not have been recommended for all children aged 5 and over, a senior official from the Danish health system said.
Søren Brostrøm, Director General of the Danish Health Authority, told TV 2 that it was a mistake to vaccinate children indiscriminately based on the knowledge accumulated since the end of 2021. Children between the ages of 5 and 15 were advised to get vaccinated in Denmark, when the Omicron variant of Covid-19 became dominant around the world.
“I would like to look all parents of children who have vaccinated their children in the eye and say, 'You did the right thing and thank you for listening to me ,'” said Brostrøm. “ But at the same time – and this is the important thing for maintaining trust – I will admit that we have become wiser and that today we would not do the same. And we won't do it in the future either , ”he added.
Studies on the effects of vaccines have shown that they confer little protection against virus infection. Research has also increasingly indicated that vaccines do not protect well against serious disease in children, who are largely at little risk of serious outcomes if they contract the virus.
Denmark's new vaccination strategy recommends adults get vaccinated, but specifies different advice for children.
" Children and adolescents only very rarely have a severe course of COVID-19 with the Omicron variant, which is why the primary vaccination offer for children between the ages of 5 and 17 will not be a general offer, but it may be provided after a specific medical evaluation, ”authorities said Wednesday.
At the same time, Brostrøm encouraged adults to get vaccinated and, if they have already received a primary series, to get a booster, and if they have already received a booster, to get a second booster due to the decline in protection against the Omicron.
He said the country did well during the pandemic in the winter of 2021, even though it lifted vaccination restrictions. "The strategy for next winter is that vaccines will allow us to overcome a new wave without restrictions," he said in a statement.
Like many other countries, Denmark offers Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines. Both have a primary two-dose series.
As of June 15, approximately 85% of Danes have received one dose of the vaccine, approximately 77% have received two or three doses, and approximately 66% have received four doses, according to the Danish vaccination registry.
About 40% of the children were vaccinated.
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