Parents in Albania are hesitating to vaccinate children over 12 years old, against COVID-19. Interest in the first days of open vaccination for this age group has been low.
One of the parents has been vaccinated but is still unsure whether or not they are willing to do the same with their children.
“We’ve been hearing all kinds of things being said about this vaccine. It’s not that simple to decide about your child,” – he said.
At vaccination no. 6 in the capital city, which attends to about 2000 children, only 10 have shown up to get vaccinated, and they are all over 16.
“Interest has been low. Some of the parents are very skeptical about letting their children get the vaccine,” – said Besar Hyri, a family doctor from the clinical center no.6.
Unlike children, age groups over 60, have been very willing to get their third booster shots.
Many seem to show a preference for Pfizer whereas others lean more towards the Chinese or Russian vaccines – arguing that they might be safer.
To date, around 31% of the population has been vaccinated.
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