2,000 children vaccinated so far at LRH: Paediatrician

1 October 2021 09:30 am Views - 83

By Chaturanga Samarawickrama

About 2,000 children have been given the COVID vaccine during the vaccination programme at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) in Colombo, LRH Consultant Paediatrician Dr. Deepal Perera said. 

He told the Daily Mirror that no major complications were reported from children during the vaccination.
"Nearly 300 children were given the COVID vaccine. Only a few of them are found with minor complications," he said. Administering the Pfizer vaccines as a shield against the COVID virus for children between the ages of 12 and 19 years commenced at LRH Colombo on September 24.