COVID-19 vaccinations for children between the ages of 5 and 11 may begin in February in Japan, but many parents and caregivers are still debating whether they should inoculate young ones due to worries over effects on their health.
Unlike in some other countries, there have been no COVID-19 deaths reported among children in that particular age group in Japan, and it is rare for young children to develop severe symptoms as a result of the coronavirus.
In the meantime, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, where vaccinations for the age group have already begun, recommends those children get vaccinated because COVID-19 can potentially make them very ill, cause them to be hospitalized, and, in some cases, the complications from infection can lead to death.