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Green light! The United States has approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine on children 5-11 years old. AFP news agency reported that on October 29, the United States government approved the use of a vaccine against COVID-19. Pfizer's program on children aged 5-11 gives more than 28 million children in the United States the opportunity to be vaccinated.
The decision came after a senior medical advisory panel recommended the government endorse the vaccine for the children this week. considering that The benefit from the vaccine outweighs the risk of side effects.
for vaccination in this group of children The second dose is administered 3 weeks after the first dose and uses only 10 micrograms of vaccine, which is one third of the dose given to the older population.
Prior to the US approval, several countries had approved several brands of vaccination for younger children, including China, Chile, Cuba and the United Arab Emirates.
Janet Woodcock, director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said: “As both a mother and a doctor I know that parents, caregivers, school staff and children I've been waiting for the approval date for the vaccine for a long time. and vaccination against COVID-19 In children, it will bring us closer to living a normal life.”
The distribution of vaccinesSLOTwill begin immediately. After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a committee meeting on November 2 to discuss further clinical recommendations.
In a clinical study involving more than 2,000 people, the vaccine was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing symptomatic illness. It has been tested in more than 3,000 children, and no serious side effects have been found in ongoing trials.