Young people between the ages of 12 and 17 in Greenland can still be vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine.
It writes the Greenlandic media Sermitsiaq.
On 6 October, the Office of the Medical Director of Health decided to temporarily stop the use of Moderna for young people under 18 in Greenland. It was due to fear of side effects.
However, after advice from, among others, the Danish authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO), the use of the vaccine is resumed.
According to the National Board of Health in Greenland, the benefits of being vaccinated far outweigh the risk of rare side effects.
They state this in a press release to Sermitsiaq.
The decision to suspend vaccination of young people with Moderna was based on a precautionary principle.
This happened after the Danish Health and Medicines Authority decided in future to only invite young people to be vaccinated with the vaccine from Pfizer / BioNTech.
People in the age group can continue to be vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine if they specifically request it.
Unlike the vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, the vaccine from Moderna has not been removed from the official Danish vaccination program for the age group.
A new Nordic study has investigated the risk of meningitis and myocarditis after vaccination with the vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer.
In the preliminary data, there is a suspicion of increased risk of heart inflammation when vaccinated with Moderna.
The number of cases remains very low. The National Board of Health emphasizes that conditions of myocarditis are extremely rare side effects. In addition, it is often a mild process that goes away on its own.
In Greenland, about 3,000 people under the age of 18 have received the vaccine from Moderna.
According to the National Medical Office in Greenland, a single case of myocarditis has been registered. However, the case went over again without treatment.
The National Board of Health has stated that around 1100 people under the age of 18 have received the vaccine from Moderna in Denmark.
Source: The Nordic Page