Washington, May 10, 2021 – In the United States soon too kids will be able to get vaccinated against Covid: the American Food and Drug Adminsitration (Fda) has given the green light to the use of the vaccine Pfizer and BioNtech on children between 12 and 15 years old.
This opens the way to mass vaccination of middle and high school students before the end of the school year. The green light was expected for a few days, after Pfizer announced the results of its trial on adolescents, showing that the vaccine is at least as effective in that age group as it is in adults. Vaccinating the youngest is also the key to increase the level of herd immunity and reduce the number of hospitalizations and deaths.
Not exactly a breakthrough, given that the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine in the US it is already given for ages 16 and up, but now the audience of vaccinators is still expanding: in particular, with the green light, vaccination opens up to another 5% of the population of the United States, almost 17 million more people, for a total of85% of the US population who will be entitled to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.
The Biden administration said it will move quickly to prepare vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds through the federal pharmaceutical program. pediatricians and family doctors. According to data presented by Pfizer at the end of March, a clinical study of 2,260 adolescents aged 12 to 15 years showed that the efficacy of the vaccine is 100% and is well tolerated.
Pfizer is also investigating the efficacy and safety of the vaccine on children between 6 and 11 years old and announced that it plans to apply for emergency use authorization for this age group in September.
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