THE HAGUE (HRNW) – The Pfizer coronavirus jab got the green light for children aged five to 11 in Europe on Thursday, clearing the way for the vaccination in a cohort where the virus is rapidly spreading.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said that a panel of experts “recommended granting an extension of indication for the Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty to include use in children aged five to 11”, using the jab s brand name.
The vaccine is already cleared for use in people aged 12 and over in the 27-nation EU.
Pfizer s jab is has so far only been approved in a small number of countries for children aged five to 11 in countries including the United States, Israel and Canada.
Children aged five to 11 will be given one third of the dose that older people receive, with two injections, three weeks apart, the EMA said.
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