Pfizer/BioNTech plans to request emergency use authorization from the FDA for a booster vaccine for this age group soon.
Pfizer/BioNTech plans to request emergency use authorization from the FDA for a booster vaccine for this age group in the coming days.The children were administered a 10-microgram dose of the booster shot six months after their second dose.Omicron-fighting antibodies increased 36-fold from the levels recorded after the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.Scientists outside of Pfizer/BioNTech have not yet reviewed the new data.
The CDC has said that the spread of the omicron variant has led to a record number of COVID-19 cases in children, compared to other variants. However, fewer than one-third of children in this age group have received two full of a COVID vaccine, according to CDC data.
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