One parent may be present during the vaccination rendezvous, but it must be equipped with a declaration on honor attesting that the second parent agrees.
Le Monde with AFP
Parents will now have to agree on the vaccination of their children. The agreement of both parents – and no more than one – will now be necessary to vaccinate against CVIV-19 children aged 5 to 11, reported the Ministry of Health, Thursday, January 6. “Now (…) We need the two parents’ agreement to vaccinate children,” said a departmental representative at a point with the press.
The department subsequently clarified to the France-Presse Agency (AFP) that children aged 5 to 11 were the only ones concerned. For children aged 12 to 15, the agreement of a single parent is enough. Finally, adolescents aged 16 and over can vaccinate without parental agreement.
In concrete terms, only one parent may be present during the vaccination meeting of a child of 5 to 11 years, but it must be provided with a certificate on the honor that the second parent agrees , said the department. According to him, this new provision follows a request from the Council of State.
The delay between shortcut doses
The vaccination was opened at all 5-11 years on December 22nd. As of January 4, some 67,000 children in this age group received at least one injection. “This figure may seem little, however it increases well,” said the department, noting that, with a little more than 17,000 vaccinations, Wednesday has been “the biggest day of the pediatric campaign” of vaccination.
“The 5-11 year-old vaccination campaign is launched, it must continue serenely, the latest figures suggest that we enter a good enough dynamic,” said the same source . According to the department, more than 400 centers now offer vaccines for children, against a hundred at the time of opening to this age group. “The goal is to quickly expand this number of centers,” the same source was explained.
The vaccination of 5-11 years is done with the Pfizer vaccine, but adapted to this age (three times less dosed). France received 1.9 million doses and will receive an additional 1 million in January, for a total of more than 6 million at the end of February.
In addition, the Department has changed the time between the first two vaccine injections for children. If the interval of twenty-one days remains “optimal”, it is now possible to make an appointment from eighteen to twenty-four days between the first and second dose.