The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on November 25 that it will allow children aged 5 to 11 to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) vaccine developed by the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the German biotech company (BioNTech) .
The bureau stated that the dose for children under 12 years old must be lower than that for adults. The vaccination time is 3 weeks apart, and each dose is 10 micrograms.
The dose for adults is 30 micrograms.
The EMA's Human Medicines Committee concluded that the benefits of vaccination for children of this age outweigh the risks, especially those with an increased risk of severe illness.
A BioNTech spokesperson said that EU countries failed to vaccinate children in this age group before December.
The first low-dose vaccine was delivered on December 20.
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This vaccine is available to all teenagers over 12 years old in the country.
(AP)
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"Pfizer Vaccine" is jointly developed by the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and BioNTech.
The commercial Chinese name of this vaccine called BNT162b2 in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau is "Fubitai", and its introduction and commercialization are undertaken by BioNTech's partner Fosun Pharma.
After EMA gave the "green light" on this, Hungary took the lead in saying that it was preparing to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11.
Poland said it will carry out the same plan in December.
France said it would decide to do so in early 2022; Germany expects to vaccinate groups of the same age group in early 2022.
The United States, Canada and Israel have launched similar programs to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11 with Pfizer.
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