{"id":12694,"date":"2021-08-28T00:58:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T00:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=12694"},"modified":"2021-08-28T00:58:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T00:58:15","slug":"children-aged-12-to-15-years-now-eligible-for-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/08\/28\/children-aged-12-to-15-years-now-eligible-for-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Children aged 12 to 15 years now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children aged between 12 and 15 years will be able to book a COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine from September 13 following the Morrison Government\u2019s decision to implement expert medical advice.
\nBookings will be available through GPs, Commonwealth Vaccination Clinics and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations. Each state and territory will advise when their state vaccination clinics will open to this group.
\nThe Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) reviewed detailed medical evidence and recommended Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccination in all children and adolescents 12 years of age and above.
\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison said the Moderna vaccine would also be made available subject to approvals from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and ATAGI recommendations for 12-18 year olds.
\n\u201cVaccinating young people will protect them and provide peace of mind to their family,\u201d the Prime Minster said.
\n\u201cImportantly, this decision provides the opportunity for families to come together to visit their GP and get vaccinated.\u201d
\nCoordinator General of Operation COVID Shield Lieutenant General John Frewen has been working with the Commonwealth and states and territories on coordinating an approach for this age group while supporting those jurisdictions wishing to undertake a school based vaccination later in the year. This detail will be outlined by each state and territory.
\nIt is expected that all children 12-18 years of age will have access to a vaccine during the course of 2021. The age group between 12 and 15 comprises of approximately 1.2 million children.
\nMinister for Health and Aged Care Greg Hunt said the decision was based on the final advice of ATAGI and approval by the TGA. In their advice to Government, ATAGI concludes that the severity of COVID-19 is less in adolescents compared with adults.
\n\u201cTo date, we\u2019ve administered almost 18.4 million COVID-19 vaccines around Australia. I want to thank everyone who has come forward so far to receive their first and second doses, you\u2019re doing an incredible job,\u201d Minister Hunt said.
\n\u201cI would encourage all parents from September 13 to visit the eligibility checker and book your child in for their vaccination, so we can ensure all Australians are protected from COVID-19.\u201d
\nMinister for Education and Youth Alan Tudge said the rollout of the vaccines to younger Australians should give more confidence to jurisdictions to keep schools open and community activity alive.
\n\u201cSome students have missed more than half a year of face-to-face learning, and it is critically important that we get all students back in classrooms as soon as possible,\u201d Minister Tudge said.
\n\u201cKeeping kids in schools is so important, not just for their education, but for their mental health, physical development and to have those critical interactions with their peers and teachers.\u201d
\nParents should check the\u00a0COVID-19 eligibility checker<\/a>\u00a0from 13 September to book in their child\u2019s vaccination.
\nThe Therapeutic Goods Administration is also currently considering the use of the Moderna vaccine in 12-17 years of age as a priority, with a decision expected soon.
\nPharmacies will come on board to administer Moderna subject to approval by the TGA and ATAGI.
\nThe Commonwealth Government has secured more than 280 million COVID-19 vaccines, including 125 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines and 25 million Moderna vaccines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Children aged between 12 and 15 years will be able to book a COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine from September 13 following the Morrison Government\u2019s decision to implement expert medical advice. Bookings will be available through GPs, Commonwealth Vaccination Clinics and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations. Each state and territory will advise when their state vaccination clinics … Continue reading “Children aged 12 to 15 years now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}