Kids 5-11 allowed Pfizer shot
Decision comes as 100m jabs mark hit
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday gave the green light to allow children aged 5 to 11 to receive Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine so as to build body immunity against Covid-19.
The Comirnaty vaccine is the first Covid-19 vaccine that has been approved by the administration for young children, said FDA secretary-general Paisarn Dunkum.
Previously, the FDA only permitted the vaccine to be used on those aged 12 and over. For children aged 5 to 11, the dose in the vaccine will be reduced to 10 microgrammes, Dr Paisarn said.
Apart from the Comirnaty vaccine, FDA…
