Viewpoint of the European Pediatric Societies over Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccination in Children Younger Than Age 12 Years Amid Return to School and the Surging Virus Variants

Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani; Angel Carrasco-Sanz; Gottfried Huss; Julije Mestrovic; Mehmet Vural; Tudor Lucian Pop; Pietro Ferrara; Eli Somekh; Aida Mujkic; Hilary Hoey; Leyla Namazova-Baranova

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.09.013

Viewpoint of the European Pediatric Societies over Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccination in Children Younger Than Age 12 Years Amid Return to School and the Surging Virus Variants

J Pediatr. 2021 Dec:239:250-251.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.09.013. Epub 2021 Sep 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA/UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: mpm@unifg.it.
² European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA/UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany; European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatrics, Lyon, France.
³ European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatrics, Lyon, France.
⁴ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA/UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany; Paediatric Association of the Balkans, Istanbul, Turkey; Croatian Society of Paediatrics, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁵ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA/UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany; Turkish Paediatric Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁶ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA/UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany; Paediatric Association of the Balkans, Istanbul, Turkey; Romanian Society of Social Paediatrics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
⁷ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA/UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany; Italian Society of Paediatrics, Rome, Italy.
⁸ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA/UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany; Israel Paediatric Association, Tel Aviv, Israel.
⁹ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA/UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany; Faculty of Paediatrics, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁰ European Paediatric Association/Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA/UNEPSA), Berlin, Germany; Russian Academy of Paediatrics, Moscow, Russia.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / prevention & control
COVID-19 / virology
COVID-19 Vaccines / administration & dosage*
COVID-19 Vaccines / adverse effects
Child
Child, Preschool
Europe / epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Pediatrics*
Return to School
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
Societies, Medical*
Vaccination*

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines