The US Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has authorized the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech drug for immunization against coronavirus in children aged 5-11 years.
Regulatory representatives recommend vaccinating children with two doses of the American vaccine.
According to media reports that published the state regulator’s decision, the first dose of the vaccine for children will be approximately a third of the dose that an adult receives.
The second component of the drug will be administered after three weeks.
The drug for vaccinating children will go on sale this Friday.
As you know, US President Joe Biden previously stated that Americans have long been ready to start vaccinating children against coronavirus.
Johns Hopkins University reports that during the entire spread of COVID-19 infection in the United States, at least 45.9 million people have become ill.
More than 745 thousand patients died.
According to the resource, in terms of morbidity and mortality from coronavirus, the United States is in first place in the world.
