US authorises Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine for children 12 to 15 | Malay Mail

The Pfizer vaccine has been available under an emergency use authorisation to people as young as 16 in the United States. — Reuters picWASHINGTON, May 11 ― US regulators yesterday authorised Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12, widening the country's inoculation programme as vaccination rates have slowed significantly.

It is the first Covid-19 vaccine to be authorized in the United States for this age group, seen as an important step for getting children back into schools safely. US President Joe Biden has asked states to make the vaccine available to the younger adolescents immediately. “I hear from pediatricians and people out in the community, what a godsend this is going to be for the adolescent population who have been restricted in terms of sports activities, drama club, and the other sorts of things that naturally we want them to engage in,” Gruber said.

The companies said in March that they found the vaccine produced robust antibody responses and was safe and effective in 12- to 15-year olds in a clinical trial. Nearly 46 per cent of people in the United States had received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine as of Sunday, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

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