{"id":24059,"date":"2021-11-01T18:49:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=24059"},"modified":"2021-11-01T18:51:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:51:38","slug":"anti-covid-vaccination-now-available-to-children-over-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/anti-covid-vaccination-now-available-to-children-over-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-COVID vaccination now available to children over 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From today, children over the age of 12 in Albania will be allowed to get their anti-COVID shot.<\/p>\n<p>However, for all those over the age of 15, massive vaccination won\u2019t be mandated, said Public Health Institute (ISHP) expert, Erida Nelaj for Euronews Albania.<\/p>\n<p>Nelaj specified that the age group from 12-15, will be vaccinated with a recommendation of their family doctor. Children suffering from chronic diseases will be given priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first to get vaccinated will be children with underlying conditions,\u201d -said Nelaj.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, teens from 16-17 years old can get their anti-COVID shots, even if they haven\u2019t been diagnosed with an underlying medical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccine that will be administered to children over the age of 12, will be the one produced by PfizerBioNTech, reported the ISHP expert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/01\/albania-rolls-out-covid-19-vaccine-booster-shots\/\">Albania rolls out COVID-19 vaccine booster shots<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/12\/deputy-dean-supports-return-of-students-in-auditoriums-but-no-binding-decision-on-vaccine\/\">Deputy dean supports return of students in auditoriums, but no binding decision on vaccine<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/09\/29\/albania-to-buy-over-500000-pfizer-jabs-manastirliu-none-of-our-vaccines-have-expired\/\">Albania to buy over 500,000 Pfizer jabs, Manastirliu: None of our vaccines have expired<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu24041\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From today, children over the age of 12 in Albania will be allowed to get their anti-COVID shot. However, for all those over the age of 15, massive vaccination won\u2019t be mandated, said Public Health Institute (ISHP) expert, Erida Nelaj for Euronews Albania. Nelaj specified that the age group from 12-15, will be vaccinated with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anti-COVID vaccination now available to children over 12 - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/anti-covid-vaccination-now-available-to-children-over-12\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anti-COVID vaccination now available to children over 12 - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From today, children over the age of 12 in Albania will be allowed to get their anti-COVID shot. 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