Taiwan plans to give children aged 6 to 11 their COVID shots in school. Education Minister Pan Wen-chung told lawmakers on Monday that the vaccine rollout in elementary schools will follow the same model as in junior and senior highs.
Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration authorized Moderna jabs for 6 to 11-year-olds on Sunday, more than a year after the country started vaccinating the elderly.
The United States, by comparison, allowed children that age to get the Pfizer shot in October last year, although the Moderna shot is still not authorized for children.
The EU allowed Moderna jabs for children aged 6 and older in February this year.
In Taiwan, elementary school children will be able to get one half-dose of the Moderna jab and then another four weeks later.
Taiwan’s education minister says children will need their parents’ written permission to get vaccinated.
Health authorities have not announced when the vaccine rollout will begin.