Pfizer Says COVID Vaccine Safe for Kids Under 12

Monday, 20 September 2021 10:04

By Tami Jeanneret

Will seek regulatory approval

Good news for parents worried about sending their kids to school amid the pandemic.

Pfizer announcing today its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11.

The next step is getting approval from regulators in the U.S.. Britain and Europe to begin with.

Pfizer studied the vaccine in more than 2,000 kindergartners and elementary school-aged kids.

It gave them about a third of the typical dose and found they developed antibody levels just as strong as teens and young adults.

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