CDC Recommends Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 12- to 15-Year-Olds

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Children ages 12 to 15 can receive Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, the CDC recommended, an important step in expanding the nation's vaccination campaign

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday that 12- to 15-year-olds receive the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, expandingThe CDC took the step after its vaccination advisory panel voted to recommend the shot at a meeting Wednesday after reviewing clinical trial data and other relevant information. The vote by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, was 14-0, with one voting member recusing.

in time for summer camps and the start of the next school year. Health authorities expect children to be vaccinated at pharmacies, physician offices and existing mass-vaccination sites. “The bottom line is this: vaccines for kids between the ages of 12 and 15 are safe, effective, easy, fast and free,” President Biden said Wednesday.

Vaccinations of adolescents have already begun in some parts of the country, but most shot providers were waiting for a formal recommendation from ACIP. The committee recommendation would become policy when the CDC’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, signs it. Dr. Walensky did so a few hours after the ACIP vote.

 

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