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COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Children Increases Antibody Levels – NBC New York (47)

WASHINGTON – A booster dose of the vaccine Pfizer against COVID-19 in children between the ages of five and 11 increased the level of antibodies, the pharmaceutical company confirmed on Thursday.

The additional dose, given six months after the first two doses, increased antibodies against the original strain of coronavirus six-fold.

The vaccine booster trials included 140 children aged five to 11 years. In a smaller analysis of 30 children in the trial, Pfizer said the extra dose increased the level of antibodies against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus by 36 percent.

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