The hearing on Pfizer's request for emergency approval to vaccinate children under the age of 5 against Corona has been postponed
The Food and Drug Administration's expert committee was due to discuss the request this week, but decided to wait for information from an experiment that examined the effectiveness of the low-dose vaccine.
The Ministry of Health reported a continued damping of the omicron wave.
Over the weekend, about 27,000 new infections were discovered in the country in Corona.
The coefficient of infection dropped to 0.74
Meirav Cohen
12/02/2022
Saturday, 12 February 2022, 20:44 Updated: 22:04
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last night (Friday) a postponement to early April of the hearing on Pfizer and Biontech's request for emergency approval of the Corona vaccine for children under the age of five. The
FDA
said it would wait for more information on a trial conducted by the companies, which tested the effectiveness of the vaccine given at a lower dose than that given to adults.
Information to make a decision on the subject. The results of the trial are expected in early April, so the administration has decided to postpone the hearing to this date. .
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Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health updated tonight on the continuation of the downward trend in the omicron wave.
Yesterday, 22,360 new verified people were discovered in Israel, and by the end of the week, the number of verified people reaches 27,417.
The number of patients with a serious condition dropped to 1,048 and the coefficient of infection also continues to fall, reaching 0.74.
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