Australian parents will likely have to wait a couple more months before children under the age of five can receive their COVID-19 strokes, according to Allen Cheng, former chair of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization.
In an interview with The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age, Cheng, a member of ATAGI, said it was likely that Moderna and Pfizer vaccines would be “available in a couple of months as TGA.” [Therapeutic Goods Administration] and ATAGI look, people are formed [to deliver the jab] and we get the vaccine. ”
Pfizer’s punch for toddlers is one-tenth stronger than an adult’s punch and is given three times to provide immunity. Credit: Pfizer
Cheng would not set a deadline for the deployment of children under five, but in practice, waiting a couple more months would mean that vaccines will not be given until late August or early September.
“What we do know after two years is that VOCID is not a serious illness in children. Very occasionally there are serious complications when they have other medical conditions,” said Cheng, an infectious disease doctor.
“While I understand that some parents are afraid and anxious for their children to have COVID, it is not a dangerous disease in this group. [kids aged under five]. ”
Cheng’s comments come as children in the United States are one step closer to being eligible for the modern two-dose and Pfizer three-dose vaccines for children after the Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccines for to children up to six months of age.
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The last step is for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recommend how to use the vaccines, with a recommendation expected within 24 hours and the final signature to be made shortly thereafter.
Australia reported 27,042 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and more than 7.7 million cases in total, with 9,323 deaths.