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Added on the 20/09/2021 13:36:56 - Copyright : Euronews EN
A medical panel of US government advisors votes to recommend authorizing the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for five-to-11-year-olds, paving the way for younger children to get their shots within weeks. Seventeen of the independent experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted in favor and one abstained. IMAGES
The United States is ready to start vaccinating children aged 5-11 against Covid-19 starting next month, the White House announces at a COVID-19 Response Team briefing, a move that will make 28 million more Americans eligible for shots. SOUNDBITE
Pfizer has plans to start testing its experimental coronavirus vaccine in children as young as 12 years old. According to CNN, parents have already expressed interest in enrolling their kids in the drug trials. It will be the first coronavirus vaccine trial to include children in the United States. A team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital will begin vaccinating teenagers aged 16 and 17 this week. The trial will then expand to enroll 12-to 15-year-olds in the coming weeks and months. The company confirmed it has approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to enroll children as young as 12 in its trial.
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