Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine appears safe, 96% effective in teens 12-17
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LOS ANGELES - Moderna announced on Thursday that data from an ongoing trial of its COVID-19 vaccine for teens ages 12-17 was 96% effective against the novel coronavirus.
No additional side effects or serious safety concerns were reported so far, according to the company.
The trial consists of 3,235 teenagers, and efficacy for the vaccine was approximately 96% for the participants who received at least one injection, Moderna reported. The company also said that because incidence rate of COVID-19 is lower in adolescents and teenagers, the vaccine’s effectiveness on the trial patients is mainly against milder symptoms o
Canada Approves Pfizer Vaccine for Adolescents by Angela Mohan on May 7, 2021 at 10:02 AM
Canada says ok for giving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 12 to 15. After completing a thorough and independent scientific review of the evidence, the department determined that this vaccine is safe and effective when used in this younger age group, said Health Canada s Chief Medical Advisor Supriya Sharma at a press conference on Wednesday.
Canada became the first country in the world to have okayed the two-dose Pfizer vaccine shots to the younger age group, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The Canadian government authorized the vaccine for use in individuals 16 years of age and older last December.
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Canada’s Health Ministry approved the use of the Pfizer jab for children between 12 and 15 after Phase 3 clinical trials found that the vaccine was safe and effective in that age group.
Confirming the decision, senior health advisor Dr Supriya Sharma told reporters: “We are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
The rollout will kick off on Monday in the province of Alberta, which at the start of this week was reporting “the highest number of Covid-19 cases per capita in all of Canada and the United States”, according to Canadian broadcaster CTV News.
With the US also battling high infection rates, White House advisor Dr Anthony Fauci told NBC s
The World Health Organisation on Friday urged governments to refrain from vaccinating children against coronavirus until the elderly and at-risk worldwide have received the vaccine.
The WHO plea comes after Canada authorised the use of Pfizer vaccine on children, with other rich nations set to follow suit. The priority really needs to be getting vaccine to all countries in the world for the highest priority groups before we start advancing to groups that have much lower risk of disease, said Dr Kate O’Brien, director of the WHO s vaccines and immunization department.
Canada on Wednesday approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 years and up, becoming the first nation to do so.