COVID-19 vaccine: What are the rules? - You have a child aged 5 to 11 years

Verified 15 avril 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your situation

You have a child aged 5 to 11 years

Children aged 5 to 11 years may be vaccinated except those with contraindications (eg, pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome).

Your child aged 5 to 11 years may be vaccinated with the permission of the persons having parental authority:

The two parents if they exercise it jointly unless it is impossible for one of the two parents to obtain the agreement of the other parent
Or the guardian.

Your child may be vaccinated at one of the following sites:

Its usual place of care (university hospital, hospital, pediatric hospitals, specialized establishments, medium and long-term care centers, medical and social services and establishments for children with disabilities, etc.)

Maternal and child protection services (MCH)

Vaccination centers that offer pediatric vaccination

At their primary care doctor or pediatrician

FYI

Midwives can prescribe and administer this vaccine is for children who do not have problems. The same is true for pharmacists, especially pharmacists and nurses. Some dental surgeons and medical and pharmacy students may administer this vaccine and some firefighters and health students are injecting it for the same audience.