The pediatrician and member of the Garrahan Hospital Board of Directors, Oscar Trotta, celebrated on Monday the expansion of the use of the Moderna vaccine for boys and girls between 6 and 11 years of age announced by the Ministry of Health, while warning that In recent days, they detected in the hospital “an increase in cases of patients with influenza in the pediatric and young population.”
“The authorization of the use of Moderna in the population aged 6 to 11 years is very good news since it increases the possibility and variability of vaccines that can be used in this age group,” said Trotta about the authorization of the National Administration. of Medicines Food and Technology (ANMAT) that was announced last Saturday.
In dialogue with Télam Radiothe doctor pointed out on Monday morning that “the supply of vaccines in Argentina continues to be very high, with which we can continuously have the vaccination program open and with a varied supply of vaccines.”
Likewise, Trotta indicated that Garrahan Hospital will begin to apply the Modern vaccine for boys and girls“when the Ministry of Health of the Nation, together with the provincial ministers, establish the technical guidelines for application, which will surely be in two doses with a window of 28 days between the first and second.”
And he added: “This will allow us to cover that population of children who have some underlying pathology, some pre-existence, such as patients with neurological disease or with immunosuppression, and we can apply the Moderna vaccine to that group of children.”
“This will allow us to cover that population of children who have some underlying pathology, some pre-existence, such as patients with neurological disease or immunosuppression, and we can apply the Moderna vaccine to that group of children”
On the other hand, the director of Garrahan stated that in recent weeks they have had a “slight increase in cases of the Omicron variant in young people between 12 and 18 years of age in the hospital, it is not yet worrying, but the consultation in hospitals is increasing of the pediatric network of the City of Buenos Aires”.
He also warned that “an increase in cases of patients with influenza, in the pediatric and young population, with symptoms similar to coronavirus, but that are negative in tests to determine the presence of coronavirus” is being observed, so there is “an coexistence of patients with influenza and others with coronavirus”.
