Durham Region Health Department has advised residents that as a precaution, children aged 5-11 should not get the Covid-19 vaccine at the same time as other vaccines.
This allows for monitoring of any side effects from the vaccine or another vaccine, it said.
Children receiving the Covid-19 vaccine will help everyone get back to enjoyable everyday activities.
Although children and youth are less likely to get really sick from Covid-19, they can still:
- Get sick from Covid-19;
- Be infected and not have any symptoms;
- Spread Covid-19 to others;
- Experience longer-term effects if they do get infected; and
- Get a rare but serious complication called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
- Children and youth with certain underlying medical conditions may have a higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Covid-19 vaccines help the body fight off the virus. Like adults, children and youth are well protected against severe illness 14 days after their second dose. Those who have already had Covid-19 may still get vaccinated to protect themselves from getting it again.
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