Pfizer applied for a smaller dose of its vaccine to be approved for five to 11-year-olds over October and November, but the regulator and ATAGI wanted more real-world data from the US before signing off. | rachelclun jamesmassola Auspol COVID19
Coronavirus vaccines for young children are expected to get the green light in coming days ahead of a January rollout, with the first shipment of children’s Pfizer doses due to land in Australia before Christmas.
“They’ll provide that advice, ATAGI will then provide their response, and we’re hopeful that if we’ve got two green lights we would commence the children’s paediatric doses in the first part of January.”is expected to arrive in Australia before Christmas, before being batch-tested by the TGA early in the new year.
“I would hope by Christmas that we have an announcement on Moderna boosters, if not earlier,” he said. To date, about 39.5 million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the country, including nearly 25 million Pfizer doses, 13.5 million AstraZeneca shots and 1.2 million doses of Moderna.
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