Several hundred children aged 5 to 18 have died in the United States since the start of the pandemic. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Pfizer and BioNTech have asked United States health officials to authorise their Omicron-targeting Covid booster vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, the companies said Monday.
If the FDA authorises the vaccine, the shot will still need another green light from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the country's main federal health agency, before the first injections can be administered to children.
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