They are already more than a third to have received their first dose of anti-Covid Pfizer vaccine, and it is an age group in which the vaccination campaign is progressing
"very quickly"
, rejoiced Tuesday the Directorate General of Health at a press conference.
This troop of 1.6 million minors aged 12 and over already vaccinated for the first time promises to grow even further with the green light granted by the High Authority for Health to the use of Moderna's vaccine in this population.
An important step, while the vaccination of adolescents is necessary both to achieve sufficient collective immunity, and to ensure a return to school as normal as possible.
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On July 23, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) authorized the use of Spikevax in 12-17 year olds.
That is to say a little more than two months after authorizing, on May 28, Pfizer's Comirnaty for 12-15 year olds (the original MA already includes 16 years and over).
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