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Health Canada has authorized a vaccine for children aged 12 to 15.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was given approval on Wednesday by Health Canada after a scientific review found it was safe and effective, marking another major milestone in the fight against COVID-19.
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About 20 per cent of cases of the virus since the pandemic began are in people under age 20, said Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical advisor at Health Canada. While children and youth are less likely to get seriously ill with COVID-19, they can transmit the virus.
Health Canada Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 12 and Older
In a virtual news conference, Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser with Health Canada, and Dr. Marc Berthiaume, director of the Bureau of Medical Science at Health Canada, provide an update on regulatory authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. They announce that the agency has approved administering the vaccine to children ages 12 to 15. Pfizer is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized for use with this age group in Canada. Health Canada had initially approved the use of the vaccine for people 16 years of age and older. Drs. Sharma and Berthiaume face questions about vaccine messaging after recent advice from a federal vaccine advisory panel raised concerns. At a briefing held on May 3, officials from Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) suggested that Pfizer and Moderna were the preferred COVID-19 vaccines over Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca for people at l
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Health Canada has authorized a vaccine for children aged 12 to 15.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was given approval on Wednesday by Health Canada after a scientific review found it was safe and effective, marking another major milestone in the fight against COVID-19.
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Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-19: Canada becomes first country in world to approve Pfizer vaccine for kids age 12 to 15; Ontario plans to fully vaccinate youths before next school year Back to video
About 20 per cent of cases of the virus since the pandemic began are in people under age 20, said Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical advisor at Health Canada. While children and youth are less likely to get seriously ill with COVID-19, they can transmit the virus.
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Federal Update on AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine – April 14, 2021
In a virtual news conference, Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser with Health Canada, and Dr. Marc Berthiaume, director of the Bureau of Medical Science at Health Canada, provide an update on the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Canada. The update comes one day after the Public Health Agency of Canada reported the first case of an individual in Canada experiencing blood clots after receiving a dose of the vaccine. Health Canada concludes that these events of blood clots may be linked to the vaccine, but the agency is not restricting its use because the occurrences are very rare and officials believe the benefits of the vaccine in protecting against COVID-19 outweigh the risks. (April 14, 2021)