Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approval for all school-aged children may come in October

FDA to receive Pfizer data for children ages 5-11 this month

A vial of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 sits on a table at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) (Jessica Hill, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Pfizer is planning to submit its data for COVID-19 vaccine approval to the FDA for emergency use authorization in all school-aged children by the end of this month, or early October.

CNN reports that the pharmaceutical company will submit studies conducted on children ages 5 to 11.

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Pfizer’s COVID vaccine was granted emergency use in children ages 12-15 and is fully approved for people 16-years-old and up.

Pfizer is also gathering data for its vaccine for babies as young as six-months-old.

Right now, there is no vaccine available for anyone under 12.


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