10 questions parents have about the COVID vaccine for kids under 5 👉
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in Canada for kids aged six months to four years. Here are answers to your most pressing questions.The first COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of five has been approved by Health Canada. Moderna’s vaccine, known as Spikevax, will now be available for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. With BA.4 and BA.5 variants on the rise, we answer parents’ most common questions about the under-5 vaccine.
Manufacturers also wanted scientists to study the lowest dose possible for kids that could mount a satisfactory immune response, explains Papenburg. “When we have lower doses that typically translates into less adverse effects,” he explains. And before giving it to children, “we have real-world evidence with millions of doses given in North America.
Vaccine efficacy against symptomatic illness was 51 percent for kids six months to two years and 37 percent for two to six-year-olds. These were similar to efficacy estimates in adults against Omicron after two doses of the adult Moderna vaccine. Pfizer is a three-dose regimen, so even when it’s approved, it will take longer to get full protection from the vaccinations, says Vohra-Miller.There are a few situations for five-year-olds that are addressed by NACI. Here’s what they recommend right now:
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