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FDA committee vote to recommend the use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in 5- to 11-year-olds

Posted on October 26, 2021 at 4:43 pm by John Lynch
FDA committee vote to recommend the use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in 5- to 11-year-olds

A health worker prepares a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for people living in a popular market area where a new cluster of infections was found in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Thai authorities set up units for to administer the COVID-19 vaccines at the Bangkhae market where a new cluster of over a hundred cases was confirmed over the weekend. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

The advisory committee to the FDA has voted to recommend the use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in 5- to 11-year-olds, bringing the vaccine a step closer to about 28 million children. Shots could be offered as early as next week.

The committee’s recommendations on whether to authorize vaccines are not binding, but the F.D.A. typically follows them in the days after the vote.

(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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