The University of Oxford announced today (Saturday) that the British pharmaceutical giant Astraznica will test for the first time the effectiveness of the corona virus vaccine it has developed on children. The pharmaceutical company’s trial partner noted that about 300 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 are expected to take part in the vaccination.
Walla News reported that the company hopes to receive results for testing by the end of the current year. The experiment will begin during the month at the British University and other facilities working with it in London, Bristol and Southampton.
The lead researcher in the Oxford vaccine system, Professor Andrew Pollard, said that “while most children are relatively unaffected by corona virus, and are unlikely to develop symptoms of infection, it is important to determine the safety and immune response in children and adolescents. Some children may benefit from the vaccine.” . He also noted that “these new experiments will expand our understanding of controlling the corona virus over younger age groups.”
The university has announced that it has already begun trials in 16- and 17-year-old boys to test the effectiveness of the virus vaccine.
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The Deputy Chief Medical Officer of England, Prof. Jonathan Van Tam, has previously said that vaccines are safe and effective for children as well. “It is quite possible that we will have a number of authorized vaccines for corona for children by the end of the year,” he said.
The National Institute of Pediatrics in the UK claims that there is evidence that the virus can cause death and serious symptoms in children as well, although this is rare. “Evidence shows that coronary mortality and morbidity rates in children are significantly lower compared to those found in the elderly. There is also evidence that children are less contagious. There is no conclusive evidence that they are more contagious than adults,” the institute said.