But, in Israel, the Health Ministry told Israel’s healthcare providers that they can administer coronavirus vaccines to children aged 5-11 who have serious background illnesses that could make them more vulnerable to COVID-19. Authorizations for individual children must be granted by the healthcare provider and then be validated by the ministry. The ministry’s policy would be to minimize the number of authorizations and issue them only for those with the highest risk, it said. The Health Ministry said the medical conditions that could warrant such authorization include extreme obesity (BMI over the 99th percentile for age and sex), severe chronic lung illness, neurodevelopment disorders, congestive heart failure, sickle cell anemia and severe autoimmune diseases.BTW, under 12 has not been approved anywhere in the world. The UK does not wait for the FDA.
Time of Israel July 29th 2021
No major side effects among vaccinated children, initial Israeli data suggests
While health officials were worried about myocarditis among 12- to 15-year-olds, data from 200,000 monitored shows just three such cases



