Pfizer, BioNTech seek US vaccine clearance for children 5-11. More Covid19 updates: 🇧🇷 Brazil in talks to buy up to 150 mln Pfizer vaccines for 2022 🇲🇽 Mexico reports 7,613 new cases 🇪🇺 Europe approves Merck's plant to make J&J vaccine For more:
Bridgette Melo reacts as she holds the hand of her father, Jim Melo, during her inoculation of one of two reduced 10 ug doses of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine during a trial at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina September 28, 2021 in a still image from video. Shawn Rocco/Duke University/Handout via Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked US regulators to authorise emergency use of their vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a group for whom no shot is currently allowed, Pfizer said on Thursday.
The vaccine already has won US emergency use authorisation in teens ages 12 to 15 and is fully approved by regulators for people ages 16 and up.Brazil is in talks to buy up to 150 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine for next year, according to a document sent by the Health Ministry to a Senate inquiry on Thursday.
On top of the Pfizer vaccine, Brazil will rely on the Astrazeneca shot which it produces in the country - currently with imported active ingredients. Many restrictions are due to be lifted on Monday after New South Wales state hit a targeted 70 percent rate for full vaccinations, and authorities on Thursday bumped up permitted limits for home gatherings, weddings and funerals in the capital Sydney.
State Premier Dominic Perrottet has defended his move to bring forward the relaxation of several restrictions amid a steady fall in infections, saying the pandemic "is an economic crisis too.”
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Pfizer, BioNTech ask FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11The filing could clear the way for roughly 28 million children in the United States to be vaccinated against the virus, beginning in a matter of weeks.
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Pfizer Asks US To Allow COVID Shots For Kids Ages 5 To 11Pfizer is asking the U.S. government to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11.
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Pfizer asks US to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 -- and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks. Many parents and pediatricians are clamoring for protection for children younger than 12, today’s age cutoff for the vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. Not only can youngsters sometimes get seriously ill, but keeping them in school can be a challenge with the coronavirus still raging in poorly vaccinated communities.
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Pfizer seeks FDA authorization of Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they are seeking US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization from for their Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
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