Paul Reid, CEO HSE, at Dr Steevens’ Hospital for the weekly HSE operational update on the response to Covid-19
This afternoon.
Weekly HSE Covid Briefing, Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin.
HSE CEO Paul Reid said ‘many children’ aged 12-15 have already received vaccination appointments for this weekend since the portal for their age ‘cohort’ opened this morning.
He said:
“Very encouragingly, by mid-morning this morning, over 42,000 children aged 12-15 have been registered on the online system”
Earlier…
Professor Christine Loscher, of Dublin City University
This morning.
Via RTÉ
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Professor Christine Loscher [professor of immunology at Dublin City University] said that the vaccines have an excellent safety profile in clinical trials among 12 to 15 year olds.
She said real-world data from wide-scale vaccination in the United States uncovered a rare side effect of myocarditis, or heart inflammation, in this age cohort that was not seen in the clinical trials.
The incidence of myocarditis is higher in this age group and while the reason for this is not understood, heart inflammation is a side effect of Covid-19 infection in some cases.
In the US, a total of 4.4 million children in this age group are now fully vaccinated with two doses of Pfizer vaccine.
She said: “The most important thing is that the real-world data tells us it is a possibility and tells us how to manage it and spot the signs.”
Vaccine portal opens for children aged 12-15 (RTÉ)
Earlier: Delivery And Logisitics
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