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Bahrain authorizes China’s Sinopharm vaccine for children

Authorities around the world are divided on the necessity of vaccinating children against COVID-19.

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A man carries his vaccination certificate after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Center in the capital Manama, on December 24, 2020. — MAZEN MAHDI/AFP via Getty Images

Bahrain announced today that children will soon be eligible to receive doses of Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19. 

Children ages three to 11 can begin receiving the Chinese vaccine starting tomorrow. The decision follows an approval from the coronavirus task force in the Ministry of Health. The taskforce is urging children to receive the vaccine to “protect themselves, their families, and public health,” the official Bahrain News Agency reported

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