Bahrain authorizes China’s Sinopharm vaccine for children
Authorities around the world are divided on the necessity of vaccinating children against COVID-19.
Bahrain announced today that children will soon be eligible to receive doses of Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19.
Children ages three to 11 can begin receiving the Chinese vaccine starting tomorrow. The decision follows an approval from the coronavirus task force in the Ministry of Health. The taskforce is urging children to receive the vaccine to “protect themselves, their families, and public health,” the official Bahrain News Agency reported.
COVID-19 cases are at a historic low in Bahrain. The country of around 1.7 million is averaging only 65 cases a day at present, according to data from Reuters. More than 65% of the population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to the Oxford-based Our World in Data.
Bahrain is not the first country in the Gulf to approve Sinopharm for children. In August, the United Arab Emirates approved the vaccine for kids aged three to 17.
