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EU regulator authorizes Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children 5-11

Health Desk | banglanews24.com
Update: 2021-11-25 19:01:03
EU regulator authorizes Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children 5-11 [photo collected]

The European Union drugs regulator authorized Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for use on children aged from 5 to 11 years on Thursday.

This clears the way for shots to be administered to millions of elementary school children on the continent amid a new wave of infections sweeping across Europe.

It is the first time the European Medicines Agency has cleared a COVID-19 vaccine for use in young children.

The agency said it “recommended granting an extension of indication for the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty to include use in children aged 5 to 11.”

Source: Arab News

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