Study: 0 of 107 French teens with MIS-C fully vaccinated against COVID-19A study of 107 French teens hospitalized with the COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) shows that none had been fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and only 7 had received one dose.In the study, published yesterday in JAMA, the researchers studied MIS-C patients 12 to 18 years old hospitalized or admitted to 1 of 41 pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) from Sep 1 to Oct 31, 2021.
Over the summer, France experienced a fourth wave of COVID-19 caused by the Delta (B1617.2) variant, which peaked in August.
At the same time, French officials recommended COVID-19 vaccination of children 12 years and older.Of the 107 teens, 33 (31%) were