Pfizer vaccine will be used in Kazakhstan for children and pregnant women

NUR-SULTAN, 10 Aug Kazakhstan plans to use the Pfizer vaccine to vaccinate children and pregnant women against coronavirus, said the Minister of Health of the republic Alexei Tsoi. At a government meeting on July 10, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to deal with the disruption in the supply of Pfizer vaccines to the republic and ensure the availability of this drug in the country as soon as possible. terms. The press service of the Ministry of Health of the republic reported that a preliminary agreement was reached on the supply of Pfizer vaccine to Kazakhstan in the fourth quarter of this year. The agency also reported that Kazakhstan will consider using the Pfizer vaccine for children over 12 years old with parental consent. «Initially in October, the Pfizer vaccine will be available for children and, we think, for pregnant women only,» Tsoi said in a video posted on the official Telegram channel coronavirus2020.kz. More than 649 thousand cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in Kazakhstan, as well as almost 7 thousand deaths from it. Germany figured out how to deal with unused COVID vaccines