How do I enroll my 5-11 year old child for COVID-19 vaccination?

We explain step by step how to enroll your child for the COVID-19 vaccination.

1. In Poland, there are over 5 million 1 thousand children aged 2-600.
2. We would like to remind interested parents – there are four registration methods to choose from
3. More information can be found on the Onet homepage

Ways of registering a child for the COVID-19 vaccination

1. phone for a 989/XNUMX free helpline (XNUMX)

You will only need the child’s PESEL number. It is not required to provide a telephone number, but if you do, you will receive an SMS confirming the date and place of vaccination.

1. e-registration at patient.gov.pl

Electronic registration is possible in two ways: through a Trusted Profile and without its use. In the first case, you must log in to the Trusted Profile and select one of the available dates. The system will suggest a few of the closest, available at vaccination points close to your home address, but you can also search for another, convenient date and place of vaccination. In the second case, you do not need to log in to the Trusted Profile. Just go to the website https://pacjent.erejestracja.ezdrowie.gov.pl/auth and choose the path “Registration without a Trusted Profile”. Here you must enter the child’s name, PESEL number and your telephone number. Then you will receive an SMS with the code that you enter in the next step. Now choose a convenient vaccination date. You will receive confirmation via SMS to the provided phone number.

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1. contact with the selected vaccination point

You can also enroll your child for the COVID-19 vaccination at a selected vaccination point. The map and contact details of the available vaccination sites are available at https://www.gov.pl/web/szczepimysie/mapa-punktow-szczepien.

1. SMS

If you want to use this form of registering a child 5–11 years old for vaccination, send an SMS under the number 664 908 556 or 880 333 333 with the following text: SzczepimySie. The automatic recipient will guide you what data you need to provide for the save to be successful. You will have to provide the child’s PESEL number and the postal code of the place of residence, thanks to which the system will select the next vaccination date at a point close to your place of residence. If it is not convenient for you, you can reschedule the vaccination. A message will be sent to the telephone number from which you will send the text message, one day before the scheduled vaccination, to remind you of the date and place of the vaccination.

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What are vaccinated children aged 5–11?

Children receive the Comirnaty vaccine from Pfizer / BioNTech. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended approval of the preparation for children aged 5-11 years on November 30. The EMA then sent its recommendation to the European Commission, which made a final decision on the matter.

Why Pfizer? The Agency decided that Comirnata’s benefits in children 5-11 years of age are greater than its risks, especially for diseases that put them at risk of developing severe COVID-19.

How much of the COVID-19 vaccine will be given to children?

It will be lower than that used in adults and older children (over 12 years of age) and will amount to 10 µg.

As reported by the EMA, «a main study in children between 5 and 11 years of age showed that the immune response to Comirnaty, given at the lower dose (10 µg) in this age group, was comparable to that observed with the higher dose (30 µg) in the elderly aged 16–25 (based on anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels). This means that in the study, the vaccine was 90,7 percent. effective in the prevention of symptomatic COVID-19. Although the actual rate could have been from 67,7 percent. up to 98,3 percent ».

When will a child aged 5-11 get the second dose of the vaccine?

The vaccination schedule is similar to that for adolescents. The second dose is to be given at the earliest three weeks after the first.

Is it worth vaccinating a child against COVID-19?

Experts have no doubt that it is. “Vaccinating, we risk nothing, giving up – we risk a lot,” said Dr. Lidia Stopyra, a pediatrician and contagious agent, in an interview with Medonet. As she addedvirtually every child who is not immunized will become ill. In this epidemiological situation, there is no doubt about it. Most will get through this infection relatively mildly. Whether it will be my child – no parent can have such certainty ».

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Prof. Magdalena Marczyńska, a specialist in childhood infectious diseases, points to another positive aspect of childhood immunization. «This will help to stabilize the work of schools and family life, but it may also eventually cut the chain of infections. Here, too, parents should get vaccinated in a greater percentage. However, each subsequent vaccinated person in the population accelerates the end of this pandemic »- he argues.

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