Children between the ages of 12-15 will receive the US Corona vaccine, approved by the FDA

Urgent use of the corona vaccine is approved by the United States FDA in the current battle against COVID-19 calling it an important decision.


Now in America, the path of vaccination of COVID to children has also been cleared. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the urgent use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children aged between 12-15 years. Preparations have begun to tackle the third wave of coronavirus infection in India. Experts claimed that the children will be most affected during the third corona wave in India. In such a situation, the measures taken by the FDA are very important.

FDA Executive Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said, “This decision regarding the use of vaccines will bring us closer to returning to normalcy, parents and guardians can be confident that the agency has done a thorough review of all available data.”

Pfizer-BioNTech’s Coronavirus vaccine is currently being used by adults in various countries, including India. In fact, after the COVID-19 vaccine has been given to the elderly and adults, presently everyone is worried for children. It is believed that the coronavirus can now catch children as well. In such a situation, Pfizer released the database in March and said that 2,260 volunteers aged 12–15 years were vaccinated. The test results found that no cases of coronavirus were found in these children after complete immunization. The company has believed that their coronavirus vaccine is 100 percent effective on children.

 

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