American Phrama Pfizer To Begin Testing Covid Vaccine On Children Below 12

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> American pharmaceutical company Pfizer on Tuesday said that a large study will begin to test its Covid vaccine in children below 12 and selected a dosing regime for the trial.&nbsp;</p> <p>The study will enroll as many as 4,500 children at over 90 clinical sites in the US, Finland, Poland, and Spain, the company said.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <span style="color: #f80707;"><a style="color: #f80707;" href="https://ift.tt/3509VNQ Africa Woman Sets New Guinness World Record By Giving Birth To 10 Babies At A Time</a></span></strong></p> <p>According to the Reuters report, Pfizer said it has selected a dose of 10 micrograms for children between 5 and 11 years of age and 3 micrograms for infants in the age group of 6 months to five.</p> <p>The report stated that the data collected from&nbsp;clinical trials "is really showing that the vaccine is highly preventative" for young people.</p> <p>Recently, European Medicines Agency approved the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccines for the age group 12 to 15 years, making it the first vaccine to get the green light for children. The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine was "well-tolerated" in children and there were no "major concerns" in terms of side effects, the Amsterdam-based agency had informed.</p> <p>Britain's medicines regulator Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 15 after a "rigorous review" earlier this month. The Pfizer vaccine is already approved for use in people aged 16 and over.</p> <p>Last month in May, the US had approved the 2-dose vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15. According to reports, the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer and BioNTech&rsquo;s request and authorized the use of the Covid-19 vaccine to kids ages 12 to 15 on an emergency use basis.&nbsp;</p> <p>In late March, the vaccine makers claimed that the dose of found to be 100 percent effective in a clinical trial of more than 2,000 adolescents. Until now, the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was authorized for use in people 16 and older.</p> <p>Experts believe that inoculating young people and children is a critical step towards reaching "herd immunity" controlling the coronavirus.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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