From Tuesday, June 15, adolescents aged 12-17 will be able to be vaccinated against Covid-19. However, the maneuver requires a significant condition: the agreement of both parents, explanations.
As of tomorrow, vaccination will open to a new segment of the population, adolescents aged 12-17 years. The latter will be able to receive the one and only vaccine to have obtained the green light for use in minors, Pfizer-BioNtech. “This is another important step towards achieving collective immunity. […] From Tuesday, the French will be able to find slots available for their teenagers and will have the possibility, if they wish, to be vaccinated with their family. This will simplify the agendas and the course of the holidays, and above all help to protect the back-to-school period “, explained Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health, interviewed by Le Dauphiné Libéré.
A consent to be taken with the parents
If the children have a say in this vaccination, both parents will also have to give their consent. The certificate, communicated by the Ministry of Health, is to Download here.
Only one exception applies and these are adolescents over 16 years of age suffering from comorbidities, the authorization of a single holder of parental authority is sufficient. Apart from this specificity, minors from 12 to 17 will have to justify the agreement of the two holders of parental authority and they can be accompanied by a single parent. Any declaration or information which turns out to be false subsequently will engage the responsibility of the parent present at the vaccination of his child.
This Sunday, June 13, Mr vaccine Alain Fischer mentioned this vaccination intended for adolescents as an imperative “Arithmetic” in the Sunday Newspaper. “The idea of vaccinating teenagers instead of reluctant adults is ethically unacceptable “but” opening Tuesday to teenagers is justified “because” to achieve group immunity, 90% of 12 to 100 year olds must be vaccinated; so that it will remain out of reach even by vaccinating almost all adults ”. The Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon said on RTL than “Many adolescents are ambassadors of vaccination to their parents and relatives” and they understand the “benefit of reliving serenely” through vaccination.
