Leading haredi rabbi: It's a 'great merit' to vaccinate children

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Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, has instructed teachers to call parents up and convince them to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, Israel Hayom reported.

The haredi community saw high numbers of pediatric coronavirus infections during the first wave of the pandemic, causing many parents to believe that their children are now immune to the virus and do not need to be vaccinated.

However, serological tests have revealed that many of these children either did not actually contract COVID-19, or no longer have antibodies due to the passage of time since the infection.

Meanwhile, Israel Hayom noted, school principals have asked Rabbi Kanievsky for his suggestions on how to encourage parents to vaccinate their children