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Small vaccination points, especially in villages, do not order COVID-19 vaccines for children, because they have few people, and the Governmental Agency for Strategic Reserves only sends packages with a minimum of one hundred doses, Gazeta Wyborcza reports on Wednesday.
Registration of children 5-11 years old for the COVID-19 vaccination started on Tuesday at midnight.
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Vaccinating Children: Many parents hesitate
«According to the e-Health Center by 15, almost 50 thousand were registered. willing. Many parents are interested in vaccinating their children, but are still hesitating. They want to speak to the pediatrician who treats their child on a daily basis, especially if they have a chronic disease, and make sure the vaccine will not harm them. However, this is the case mainly in large cities. In smaller towns and villages, the interest in vaccinations is lower, and in some places even minimal»- writes the newspaper.
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All dates are full in big cities
He notes that when the University Clinical Hospital in Wrocław issued 16 slots, i.e. dates available on the Internet, for the first three days of vaccination (starting on December 200), all of them were taken by the morning. Also, at the mass vaccination point in Gliwice, all the rainy days are busy on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It is similar at the vaccination points in Warsaw.
«There is much less interest in later dates. It can be seen that parents who are determined to vaccinate their children want to do it as soon as possible, perhaps due to planned ski trips»Says an employee of the Ministry of Health« Wyborcza ». At the other extreme, there are smaller towns, especially villages, and in the east of the country – even large cities. They are in trouble because the Government’s Strategic Reserves Agency only sends vaccines to children in packs of 100 doses. So you can order 100, 200, 300 etc. » – the newspaper points out.
Doctor: three people at my clinic
«We have about 30 small family clinics in Białystok. In all of them, there is little interest in vaccinating younger children»Says Dr. Joanna Zabielska-Cieciuch from the Zielona Góra Agreement. So far, only three children have been enrolled in her clinic. Four others’ parents are close to making a decision.
«The doctor hopes that by December 22 – she has scheduled vaccinations for this day – 10 children will be gathered. She will then be able to open one ampoule without the risk that a dose will be wasted. However, despite the low interest in vaccinations, the doctor ordered 100 doses »writes« GW ».
He points out that doctors in the countryside prefer not to take risks. «Dr. Małgorzata Stokowska-Wojda has a clinic in Laszczów in the Lublin region, with a vaccination point in it, which also serves two neighboring villages: Telatyn and Ulhówek. In total, it is approx. 14 thousand. residents. Only three parents are interested in vaccinating children aged 5-11»- writes the newspaper. «Others complain about distance learning, but children do not report vaccination. As if they didn’t associate one with the other. You can see that there is no information campaign »- says the doctor.
“GW” also quotes Dr. Tomasz Zieliński, vice-chairman of the Zielona Góra Agreement and head of a small clinic in the village of Wysokie (also in the Lublin region), who hopes that RARS will agree to smaller deliveries. «So far I only have two applicants. I will not order 100 doses, because almost all of them would have to be disposed of »- he says.
The newspaper reports that it has not received an answer from the Ministry of Health or RARS to the question whether vaccination centers will be able to order vaccines for children in smaller packages than at present.
«Unofficially, we found out that vaccination centers have ordered around 250 jobs so far. vaccines for children aged 5-11, or 10 percent. population at this age »writes the daily.
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