A board member predicted that the US Food and Drug Administration may approve two doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 years old before the beginning of winter.
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb predicted on Sunday that if the drugmaker submits data to the agency next month, the drug agency may authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old as early as October. As of Sunday, the FDA has only granted the emergency use of two doses of vaccine to children aged 12 to 17, and it is fully approved for use in people aged 16 and over.
“This fall, Pfizer will be in a position-as you mentioned, my company on the board-to be able to submit data to the FDA sometime in September, and then possibly submit an application for Gottlieb’s CBS show as early as possible. Zhong said: “It depends on October, so this will allow us to provide the vaccine at some point in the late fall within a time frame, and more likely early winter, depending on the time required for the FDA to review the application. “Face the country. “
“It may take longer to obtain authorization, but I believe that at some point in late autumn, maybe early winter, the agency will be able to obtain authorization,” he added.
As more children return to school, the number of COVID-19 cases among children is increasing Face-to-face courses In the spread of Delta variants.
“What we are seeing in the South is very worrying,” Gottlieb said. “An epidemic that was spread through the adult population is now spreading through children, especially when they return to school.”
His statement was made after more than a dozen children in an elementary school in Marin County, California tested positive for COVID-19. Officials linked the epidemic to a teacher who took off her mask while telling the story on May 19 so that she could read it to the class.
The teacher, who was not vaccinated, was diagnosed with COVID-19 two days later. At least half of the 24 children in her class, their families and children in other classes have also contracted the coronavirus.
“The mask is only temporarily closed, not for a whole day or a few hours. We want to emphasize that this is not the teacher’s fault-everyone has relaxed their vigilance-but the problem is that Delta took advantage of any mistakes in protective measures,” Tracy Lam-Hine, an epidemiologist in Marin County, told Washington post.
Other COVID-19 vaccines, such as those produced by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, are only authorized for people 18 years and older.
The FDA’s decision to fully approve Pfizer BioNTech’s Covid drug gives people hope for further promotion of vaccination efforts in the United States
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