Pfizer expects the “green light” in the US for vaccinating children aged 5 to 11

Approved by the US Government Pfizer has requested that the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 be started immediately, while the independent team of experts will publicly discuss the data it has collected on October 26.

Many parents and pediatricians are desperate for vaccination of children under 12 years of age, while Pfizer and BioNTech argue that there should be no age limit for vaccination, as young people go to school every day which is a serious challenge for the coronavirus.

Pfizer announced in a Tweet that she has formally submitted her application to the Food and Drug Administration.

Now the FDA should decide if there is enough evidence to start safe dosing and work for younger children as well as adolescents and adults.

Pfizer research has shown that younger children should receive one-third of the dose given to the other groups. After their second dose, children 5 to 11 years of age develop levels of antibodies that fight the virus just as strongly as adolescents and young adults after two doses of Covid-19.

While previous studies have shown that children are at lower risk of serious illness or death than the elderly, coronavirus can be just as deadly in these cases, at a time when cases at these ages have erupted and the delta mutation continues to spread in the country.

“It makes me very happy to help other children get the vaccine,” said Sebastian Pribol, 8, of Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a member of the Pfizer study at Duke University and does not yet know if he received a regular or fictitious dose

” “We want to make sure it is completely safe for these ages,” said Sebastian’s mother, Britney Pribol.

Pfizer studied one-third of the dose in 2,268 children aged 5 to 11 years and reported no serious side effects. The study is not extensive enough to detect any extremely rare side effects, such as inflammation of the heart that occurs occasionally after the second dose of the normal dose vaccine, especially in young men.

Even if the FDA approves the use of emergency doses in young children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisers have the final say, the CDC is the one to take along the final decision.

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Additional doses from Pfiz er / BioNTech and Moderna secured by the Commission

After the 200 million installments from the US-German consortium, Brussels announced another 300 million from the Massachusetts-based biotechnology company.

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Play with the doses and vials of the Pfizer vaccine

The company speaks of “misunderstanding”, arguing that the agreed installments are delivered normally since countries can export a 6th installment from each vial. Post-pressures were announced by Charles …

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BioNTech supplies 50 million needles to get more doses of the vaccine

The producer of the first approved coronavirus vaccine undertook to supply the countries with the special needles needed to extract a sixth dose from each vial.

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Portugal starts the third dose for people over 65

A few days after the start of vaccination of young people over 16 years with the second dose, Portugal proceeds from October 11 to give the booster dose to people over 65 years, said the minister …

Portugal starts the third dose for people over 65

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Pfizer for the vaccination of children aged 8-11 years

The approval for the vaccine is expected in the coming weeks of Covid-19 in children aged 8-11 years —This vaccine has been approved for children aged 12-15 years n month after the application …

Pfizer tests for vaccination of children aged 8-11 years begin

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EUROPE 13.09.2021, 14:23 ()

Germany: “Vaccination” campaign where land due to limited attendance

Concerned health authorities are recruiting mobile health units, which will go all week where people gather, in order to be vaccinated as much as possible more, even …

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