CT Style Reporter Natasha Lubczenko recently spoke with Dr. Jaspreet Loyal, Chief of Hospital Medicine at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital for an update on Covid vaccines for School-aged children.

Dr. Loyal answers the following questions:

• Which Covid vaccines have been approved for children and in what age groups?
  
  
• Do you feel that the vaccine protects children, especially as they spend more time in school?
  
  
• Have you seen children experience any negative reactions?
  
  
• Apart from the vaccine, what can children and their parents do to prevent covid spread?
  
  
• Do you expect covid vaccines to become part of the annual back-to-school preparation?

To learn more, visit BridgeportHospital.org