Children younger than 5 in the US could begin receiving Covid-19 vaccinations this month or next if the FDA moves quickly to authorize the shot for this age group
Pfizer could submit for EUA for two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5 as soon as todayOn Tuesday, vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech initiated a request for the FDA to authorize their child-sized coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in the United States among children age 6 months to up to 5 years.
Until younger children are eligible to get vaccinated,"we've got to do our best to protect them," Dr. Stephen Parodi, national infectious disease leader for Kaiser Permanente, told CNN in November.
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