A scientific panel from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended this Tuesday the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 for children between 5 and 11 years old, with which the administration of this infant serum could begin in the next few days in the country.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) gave its approval unanimously, and now it only remains for CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to stamp her signature on the final decision so that the vaccine is definitively approved for use. emergency in the US for that age group.
The US government reported this week that it had already secured sufficient doses of serum for the 28 million children between those ages, so that from next week the vaccination of minors will be “fully operational.”
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