FILE PHOTO: A medical worker administers a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a child at a vaccination centre in Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, near Paris, France, December 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
MEAUX, France (Reuters) - France has started giving the COVID-19 jab to children as young as 5, and one vaccination centre is adapting to its audience: a life-size Pikachu mascot strolls through the waiting room, and patients get a certificate for bravery.
"When a child arrives here, he needs to feel happy or at the very least not worried," said Christian Allard, the doctor running the children's vaccination centre in Meaux, 50 km (31 miles) east of Paris.
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