Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Nov 2021
Australia to wait for data from US children before clearing vaccine here
10 November 2021 - Australia’s top immunisation advisers will wait on safety data from at least several hundred thousand young children in the US who will be vaccinated in coming weeks before giving the go-ahead for the jab in 5- to 11-year-olds, with experts stressing risks to unvaccinated children in schools are low.
A trial of Pfizer’s paediatric COVID-19 vaccine in 1500 children was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. The trial found the vaccine was safe and effective.
