US Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine for Children Ages 5 to 11

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, in English) of the United States, Rochelle Walensky, authorized this Tuesday that the vaccine against the COVID-19 Pfizer / BioNTech is given to minors between the ages of 5 and 11.

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Tuesday’s decision will allow this age group, made up of about 28 million children, to start, according to the CDC.

”As a mother, I encourage parents with questions to speak with their pediatrician, school nurse, or local pharmacist to learn more about the vaccine and the ”Walensky stated.

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For his part, US President Joe Biden assured that vaccination from 5 to 11 years “It will allow parents to end months of worrying about their children and reduce the degree to which childrento other people”.

Walensky’s decision came hours after a CDC panel of experts recommended the measure.

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At that meeting, the CDC director stressed that during the recent wave of the Delta variant, they have skyrocketed in hospitals in the United States.

According to data from the CDC, since the beginning of the pandemic, 1.9 million cases of COVID-19 have been registered among children between 5 and 11 years old, 8,300 hospitalizations and 94 deaths.

Added to them are 2,316 cases of children of those ages that, which involves inflammation of various organs and is a complication derived from COVID-19.

Before proceeding to the vote, several ACIP members mentioned the impact the pandemic has had on minors.

”Too many children have lost a parent or orphaned in this pandemic, which is incredibly tragic, so as an infectious disease specialist and mother with two vaccinated children, ”said physician Camille Kotton.

The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine for children between 5 and 11 years old – which will be 10 milligrams, a third of the serum of adults – will not be administered in large immunization centers, but in pediatric clinics and pharmacies.

The US Government reported this week that it had already secured sufficient doses of the serum for the 28 million children between those ages, so starting next week the.

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