Berlin, other German states offer COVID-19 vaccine to 5-11s

Health officials said on Sunday that children aged from five to 11 years will be eligible to begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine doses this week in Berlin, as reported ABC News.

The children will be able to receive a first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in Berlin's mass vaccination centres in schools, doctors' offices and at the city's Natural History Museum.

Germany’s independent vaccination advisory panel STIKO recently recommended vaccination for children in this age group with pre-existing conditions or who are in close contact with vulnerable people.

STIKO added that young children without pre-existing conditions can be vaccinated if there is an "individual desire" to do so.