Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday that the companies had asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize their COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children younger than 5 years old.
Nurse practitioner Sarah Rauner fills a syringe with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to children from 5-11 years old at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Michigan on November 5, 2021.that the way for the shots – while awaiting data on a three-dose course, expected in March – could be cleared as soon as this month.
Early Pfizer data has shown the vaccine, administered to children at one-tenth the strength of the adult shot, is safe and produces an immune response. However, Pfizer announced last year that the two-dose shot proved to be less effective at preventing COVID-19 in kids ages 2-5, prompting regulators to encourage a third shot – administered at least two months after the second dose.
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