Pfizer/Biontech vaccine is effective for children under 5 years old

The US pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced on May 23 that the COVID-19 vaccine product, produced by it in collaboration with German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, is safe and effective for children from 6 months to under 5 years old. if the child is given 3 injections.

Pfizer’s announcement comes as the US Food and Drug Administration plans to meet in the coming weeks to prepare to license this vaccine to the youngest population.

During the clinical trial, this group of children received 3 injections, 3 micrograms each. The test results showed that the vaccine helped the child’s immune system be strongly activated if the child received 3 doses of the vaccine. Specifically, the preliminary evaluation results estimated that the vaccine’s effectiveness reached 80.3%.

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