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¿Por qué los niños no están incluidos -aún- en la vacuna contra covid-19?

Si conseguir esta estrategia preventiva es difícil, aún más es adaptarla a menores; población no ha sido la más afectada por el nuevo virus

Martin Collinge wearing a protective mask attends a class at the Sacre Coeur de Lindthout secondary school, in Brussels, on September 1, 2020. - Six months after schools closed due to the pandemic, millions of students from France, Belgium or Great Britain make their return to school on September 1, in schools that have had to completely reorganize themselves to avoid the spread of Covid-19. The little French, Belgian and British children open the traditional September ball. Their German, Northern Irish or Scottish peers, in particular, preceded them in August. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)
Martin Collinge wearing a protective mask attends a class at the Sacre Coeur de Lindthout secondary school, in Brussels, on September 1, 2020. - Six months after schools closed due to the pandemic, millions of students from France, Belgium or Great Britain make their return to school on September 1, in schools that have had to completely reorganize themselves to avoid the spread of Covid-19. The little French, Belgian and British children open the traditional September ball. Their German, Northern Irish or Scottish peers, in particular, preceded them in August. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) JOHN THYS
En este momento ninguno de los laboratorios que estudian vacunas experimentales contra covid-19 la están probando en menores de edad. Imagen con fines ilustrativos. Fotografía: John Thys / AFP (JOHN THYS/AFP)

Costa Rica entabló conversaciones con seis farmacéuticas que desarrollan posibles vacunas para la covid-19. Todas están consideradas para personas de entre 18 y 85 años de edad.

¿Y los niños y adolescentes?

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