The US CDC has approved COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months. Australia will be watching the rollout closely.
Australia will be watching the data closely as the US rolls out vaccines for children as young as six months.As Australia's coronavirus-related death toll continues to rise, questions are being asked about when the nation will start to vaccinate children under the age of five, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States approved the vaccines for children as young as six months.
While COVID-19 is generally more mild in children, it has been the fifth-leading cause of deaths in children aged between one and four in the US, according to the CDC. "It's difficult really to make the comparisons between these two vaccines. So I would you know, I don't think we can really move there with the data that we have."
"I think, because of the fact that the US had 200 deaths in that young age group, and they were worried about children being admitted to hospital, they decided to roll out the vaccine, and based on pretty strong safety data from the vaccine trial. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the pandemic "clearly isn't over yet and it would be very brave to suggest that you can make that projection".