VOLZHSKY (Volgograd region), Jan 26 Vaccinations against coronavirus began to be given to teenagers in the city of Volzhsky Volgograd region. Schoolchildren and their parents told a RIA Novosti correspondent why they decided to get vaccinated. Earlier, the Volgograd region received the first batch of vaccine (1440 doses) against coronavirus intended for teenagers. jpg» />January 20, 17:26 Coronavirus spread «The world is destroyed.» Myasnikov warned Russians against a dangerous mistake in case of COVID-19A mother of many children from Volzhsky, Marina Borisova, came to a children's clinic with two twin daughters Elizaveta and Alexandra. The girls are 14 years old, studying in the 8th grade. «A survey was conducted at the school who wants to vaccinate children against coronavirus. I agreed, and today we were invited for vaccination. In general, almost our entire family is vaccinated, only one daughter has a medical exemption due to oncology. The rest decided to get vaccinated. I want my children to be strong and healthy,» Borisova said. Lisa and Alexandra confirmed their mother's words: they came to get vaccinated so as not to get a dangerous infection. Before the procedure, the girls were examined by a doctor: they measured their temperature, pressure, and the level of oxygen in the blood. All indicators are normal, they were sent to the vaccination office.Yesterday, 19:41 Spread of coronavirus The doctor explained why a home test for coronavirus can be inaccurate «I'm not a bit scared, and it doesn't hurt at all,» Sasha shared her impressions after being vaccinated. The children were not released from the clinic immediately after vaccination, they had to be under the supervision of doctors for forty minutes. A 16-year-old student of a local technical school, the future lifeguard Leonid Belousov, also came to be vaccinated without parents. «I'm afraid for my health, so I decided to get vaccinated. My parents supported me,» he said.06:07 Spread of coronavirusEight drugs for the treatment of the Omicron strain have been named As Natalya Semenova, chairman of the health committee of the Volgograd Regional Duma, told reporters, 240 doses of the first batch of the vaccine that arrived in the region were sent to the children's polyclinic No. 2 of Volzhsky. It is planned that within 7-10 days it will be spent on the first people who want to be vaccinated. «Today (in the region — ed.) the vaccination campaign starts. We received the first batch of vaccines, which were distributed to six clinics … About 8 thousand teenagers and their parents were given consent to vaccination,” Semenova said. On November 24, 2021, the Russian Ministry of Health registered the first domestic vaccine for adolescents 12-17 years old, Gam-COVID-Vak M (Sputnik M). Assistant Minister of Health Alexei Kuznetsov previously told RIA Novosti that vaccination of adolescents is voluntary, it will be carried out with the consent of parents or legal representatives. 20:22InfographicComparison of effectiveness of Sputnik V and Pfizer vaccines against omicron-strainInfographicView
