We wish you a merry vaccine! Lisbon starts inoculating children

A person in a Santa costume takes a picture with people at the Ajuda vaccination centre as Portugal begins vaccinating 5 to 11 year-olds, in Lisbon, Portugal, December 18, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

LISBON (Reuters) - Nurses wearing reindeer antler headbands danced to festive music and Santa Claus showed up at a Lisbon vaccination centre on Saturday as young children started to receive their COVID-19 shots.

Martim Sobral, 10, and his dad Paulo were among the first to arrive at the large vaccination site after Portugal's health authority last week approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for those aged five to 11.