Federal well being officers are poised to take the ultimate steps on Saturday to clear the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines for very younger kids — the one age group within the United States that doesn’t but have a vaccine choice obtainable.
If the 2 vaccines are cleared, as anticipated, doses may very well be rolled out as quickly as Tuesday. Vaccinating the youngest kids would offer reduction for many households who’ve had to cope with disruptions to day care and preschool throughout the pandemic, in addition to worries that their kids is likely to be among the many few who change into critically in poor health with Covid-19.
Vaccines from Pfizer and its accomplice BioNTech have already been obtainable for Americans 6 and older, and Moderna’s vaccines for adults.
On Friday, Dr. Peter Marks, who heads the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine division, stated that oldsters ought to really feel snug vaccinating their very younger kids with both the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna vaccine, whichever one was obtainable.
Here are some key info in regards to the pediatric vaccines.
Pfizer-BioNTech
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Number of photographs: Three.
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Spacing of photographs: Three weeks between the primary and second photographs, and not less than eight weeks between the second and third.
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Dosage: Three micrograms in every shot. For comparability, kids 5 to 11 years outdated are given two 20-microgram photographs; adolescents and adults get two 30-microgram photographs.
Moderna
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