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UK Requires Pfizer/BioNTech Covid Shooter for 12- to 15-year-olds

LONDON: Britain’s drugs regulator said on Friday it had declared the Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech to be used 12- to 15-year-olds, after similar clearances in the usa and the EU.
The operator said it could be around the nation’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to determine whether to move ahead and inoculate this age class as part of Britain’s vaccination roll-out program.
Kids aged 12-15 are already getting the Pfizer shot at the USA, whereas France and Germany intend to begin giving it to this age group this season.
Britain’s Health and Social Care section stated it would offer an upgrade when the JCVI had left its choice.
The chief executive of the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency June Raine explained in a report that the agency had carefully examined the clinical trial information in youngsters aged 12 to 15 years .” (We) have reasoned the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is both safe and successful in this age category and the advantages of this vaccine outweigh any danger,” she explained.
But, giving pathogens to older individuals in wealthy nations while many areas of the planet anticipate dosages for elderly and more vulnerable individuals has increased worries.
The World Health Organisation has urged wealthy countries to give photographs into the COVAX strategy instead.

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