5 min

Pod-19 #12: Vaccinating the younger children POD-19

    • Medicine

As Guyana and other Caribbean countries move closer to herd immunity, five to 11 year old children are now set to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines as well. This comes as more than one million children within this age group in the United States of America (USA) have already received this vaccine, and as countries are loosening COVID-19 restrictions.

In this episode of POD-19, we discuss the rollout of the vaccines for these younger children and briefly, also, the evolving travel situation and the complications of vaccine travel restrictions.

As Guyana and other Caribbean countries move closer to herd immunity, five to 11 year old children are now set to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines as well. This comes as more than one million children within this age group in the United States of America (USA) have already received this vaccine, and as countries are loosening COVID-19 restrictions.

In this episode of POD-19, we discuss the rollout of the vaccines for these younger children and briefly, also, the evolving travel situation and the complications of vaccine travel restrictions.

5 min