It is not yet time to start
vaccinating children aged five to 11 for COVID-19 after Pfizer
said its jab was safe and effective for this age group,
Francesco Vaia, the director of Rome's Spallanzani
infectious-diseases hospital, said on Tuesday.
"It is too soon," said Vaia.
"We don't have univocal recommendations from the scientific
community in order to be able to vaccinate such a sensitive part
of the population.
"We shouldn't go chasing after companies' press releases.
"If the international and national regulatory bodies approve it
and take responsibility for it, then yes".
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