THE South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has approved the Pfizer vaccination of children aged from 12 years and above,
“I began working in clinical research on antiretroviral clinical trials and therapy in HIV- infected infants, and it was also during the time when there was also still a lot of hesitancy towards antiretrovirals, even in the adult population.”
“Whether or not vaccination was mandatory, even for children, parents remained legal representatives and so permission to vaccinate them would be requested,” she explained. “Initially, we thought Covid-19 did not affect children very much from the first wave, but that has changed over time. We now know that with the Delta variant, the burden on children was quite high, where they can suffer from long Covid-19,” said Professor Mosa Moshabela, University of KwaZulu-Natal Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, in an interview with the SABC.
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