Moderna’s paediatric dose will become available only after Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation gives advice
Children aged from six months up to six years may soon be eligible for Covid-19 vaccination, after Australia’s drugs regulator approved a paediatric dose of the Moderna vaccine.
In a statement the Therapeutic Goods Administration said: “As we have seen with children in older age groups, the TGA expects that vaccines for younger children will provide protection from the most severe outcomes of Covid-19, such as hospitalisation and death.”For children aged six months to six years, the vaccine is administered as two doses at least 28 days apart.
Before the vaccine for those aged six months to six years is incorporated as part of the national Covid-19 vaccine program, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation needs to also consider the safety and efficacy data provided to the TGA, along with epidemiological data and broader international evidence.
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