Yes. STIKO (Germany’s Standing Committee on Vaccinations) recommends the coronavirus vaccination for children and young people aged 12 years and over.

STIKO also recommends the coronavirus vaccination for children aged 5 years and over when they have certain pre-existing conditions or when they have close contact with people at high risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19.

To date, STIKO has not issued a general recommendation to vaccinate children under 12 years of age. However, STIKO states that children aged between 5 and 11 years without pre-existing conditions can also be vaccinated if that is the wish of both the parents and the child after a doctor has explained the situation to them.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) provides further information about the vaccination of children including a list of relevant pre-existing conditions (the list is to be found below the question “Welchen Kindern und Jugendlichen wird die COVID-19-Schutzimpfung besonders empfohlen?”)

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