Authorized, Covid 19 vaccines for younger children

The Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines are now authorized for emergency use in young children, reported CNN. The US Food and Drug Administration expanded the authorizations for the vaccines Friday to include children as young as 6 months. However, shots can’t be given until the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisers have voted on whether to recommend them, a vote is scheduled for Saturday, and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has signed off on that recommendation. The White House has said vaccinations for younger children may begin next week. Moderna’s vaccine is now authorized for use in children 6 months through 17 years and Pfizer/BioNTech’s for children 6 months through 4 years.

About 17 million kids under the age of 5 are now are eligible for Covid-19 vaccines, reported CNN. Previously, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was authorized for people 5 and older and approved for 16 and up, and Moderna’s vaccine was authorized only for adults. Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, called Covid 19 vaccines for younger age groups a “milestone”. “It is a bit of a milestone to bring down the age range for these vaccines as we work through this,” Marks said Wednesday in a meeting of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.

Watch against contagion

In the last 24 hours 287 new cases of contagion and 1 death caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are over 280 in the last 24 hours, while there was 1 death reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.

State Health Authorities insist that Guanajuato should maintain health protection.

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