possible vaccines for toddlers in the United States

US health officials on Saturday recommended Pfizer and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines for toddlers. The United States thus becomes the first country to make injections of these two messenger RNA vaccines possible from 6 months of age.

We know that millions of parents (…) want to have their young children vaccinated, and with today’s decision, they can.

Rochelle WalenskyDirector of CDC (Centers for Disease Prevention and Control)

On Friday, the US Medicines Agency (FDA) had already authorized them as an emergency for these young children – who until now could not be vaccinated before 5 years old.

But the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), the country’s main health agency, still had to recommend them so that the injections could begin, which has now been done.

“We know that millions of parents (…) want to have their young children vaccinated, and with today’s decision, they can,” said CDC director Rochelle Walensky in a statement.

Available in thousands of locations

Joe Biden promised that parents could start making appointments next week to perform the first shots, and that vaccines would be available in thousands of places, including pharmacies and hospitals.

Main difference: it will have to be done from the outset in three doses – the first two at three week intervals, the third administered eight weeks after the second. Children receiving it will therefore not be optimally protected for several months.

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