The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said on Sunday that the initiative of parents to vaccinate minors between 12 and 15 years old is “essential”, but stressed that the process must include medical intervention.
“It is necessary that there is an initiative on the part of the parents and then it is received by the health authorities, of course through the intervention of the doctor,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
The head of state was speaking to journalists in Brasilia, after being asked about the clarification given by the health authorities that vaccinating children aged 12 to 15 can only be done with a prescription.
The Directorate General of Health (DGS) clarified that the vaccination of children aged 12 to 15 years without diseases must be with a prescription, and the will of the parents is not enough.
And in a clarification sent to Lusa, the General Directorate of Food indicated, that according to the opinion issued on Friday, after hearing the Technical Committee for Vaccination against Covid-19, “any adolescent aged 12 to 15 years with a medical indication.”
The President of the Republic stressed, on Saturday, that the health authorities did not prohibit vaccination against Covid-19 for healthy children, considering that “this space remains open to the free choice of parents.”
