Only one day later Pfizer vaccine Approved by the Food and Drug Administration for people 16 years and older, the surgeon estimated on Tuesday New crown virus injection Will be authorized for use by children under 12 years of age.
Surgeon Vivek Murthy told CNN The wait to provide young Americans with a COVID vaccine may be completed by the end of 2021.
COVID vaccine is authorized for Children 12 years and older, But those younger people still can’t get injections, even though drug manufacturers are conducting testing trials.
Murthy said that once the vaccine manufacturer’s data is received, the FDA will “very hard” to review the data about young children.
Murthy said: “I think we might see this process complete by the end of the calendar year, which would be great for kids like me and many who cannot be vaccinated.”
“Before that, we can do something very important to protect our children. That is to ensure that everyone around them is vaccinated.”
according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 51.5% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading disease expert in the United States and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, seems to echo Morty’s forecast of the vaccination schedule for young children. When asked about NBC’s “today” year-end date, Fauci Said: “This situation is very likely to happen.”
News of a possible childhood vaccine is in School closures When the children go back to school.Multiple cases of the virus in students and teacher With the start of classes in the fall semester, leading to Thousands of people are quarantined All over the country.
Fauci said on “Today” that Pfizer and Modern The safety data is being developed in cooperation with the clinical trial team of the National Institutes of Health for submission to the FDA for review. Fauci said he hopes this can be done “swiftly.”
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