Coronavirus vaccine for adolescents will enter St. Petersburg in early 2022

The covid-19 vaccine for adolescents for 12-17 years will go to St. Petersburg in early 2022. This was reported in the city health committee.

According to the press service of the department, the delivery is scheduled for January next year. Vaccination from coronavirus will be organized on the basis of district clinics, but when exactly, it is not specified.

In Komzdrav, it was also noted that the city fixes the incidence of SARS among children, but it is not connected with the Covid-19.

Yana Panyutin
Head of the Department for Organization of Assistance to Mother and Children of Komzdrava St. Petersburg

- We see an increase in the incidence of SARS in the city. A large load on a stationary and outpatient link in the children's network was noted. However, this increase in the incidence in children is not associated with the new coronaviral infection-we did not notice special growth in November in SOVID-19.

In turn, the Committee for Education of St. Petersburg reported that in connection with SARS and COVID-19, 551 grades in 166 schools are temporarily located in distance learning (2.75 % of the total number of classes in the city). In addition, for the same reasons, 21 groups in 16 kindergartens are closed.

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