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CDC Recommends Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine For Children Aged 5-11: US
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with one accord recommended the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 years on November 2. With 14 votes in favor, the suggestion was approved unanimously.… read-more
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FDA Approves 1st COVID-19 Shot For Kids: US
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer, and BioNTech SE Coronavirus vaccines for children aged between 5 to 11 years. Reports stated that the FDA's decision is expected to make vaccines available to 28 million American children going to school. As of now, Only a few countries such as China, Cuba and United Arab Emirates have so far cleared vaccines for children, said reports.
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Pfizer Becomes 1st Vaccine To Be Approved For Children Aged 12-15
Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has become the first vaccine globally to be approved for children aged between 12-15 years. The vaccine was approved by the European Union drug regulator on May 28 with no "major concerns" remark. Following the approval, Germany plans to start vaccinating those aged 12 and above in June. Notably, the trials of the vaccine were conducted on 1,005 children and none of them developed any major side-effect.… read-more
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Indian Govt In Negotiation With Pfizer Inc On Vaccine Approval
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc is in talks with the Indian government in speeding up the approval process for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Pfizer previously stated that it would supply the mRNA vaccine via government contracts. Reportedly, despite the company's application submitted for vaccine registration a few months ago, there has been no approval but for emergency use on imported vaccines. The pharma company offered it's vaccine at… read-more
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Israel Finds Partial Vaccine Efficacy Against Indian COVID Variants
The Israel authorities have found eight COVID cases of Indian variant and interestingly they have showed at least partial efficiency against Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The Israeli health ministry's director-general, Hezi Levy, told Kan public radio that Pfizer vaccine has efficacy against it, albeit a reduced efficacy. Reportedly, Britain and Ireland are also investigating the Indian variants after detecting them within their borders.
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Vaccine: Pfizer Withdraws Emergency Use Authorization Plea In India
American pharmaceutical MNC Pfizer has withdrawn the Emergency Use Authorization application for its COVID-19 vaccine in India. Pfizer on February 5 said the decision had been taken after it met with the Drug Regulatory Authority of India. Withdrawing its request, the vaccine developer said the regulator has sought for extra information. However, Pfizer, which was first to seek emergency approval for the vaccine in India, has confirmed to re-… read-more
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Mike Pence Becomes First US Official To Be Vaccinated In Public
The US Vice-President Mike Pence and his wife have publicly received a fresh dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during a live-television event on December 18. Pence lauded the Walter Reed Medical Centre for their vaccine-administration and said, "I didn't feel a thing. Well done." To promote confidence in the vaccine's safety among people, Pence stated Americans could be "confident". However, he dodged the questions on Trump volunteering for the… read-more
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