Covid-19 vaccine for kids. boosters for adults --interviews with key players

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Mon, 2021-09-27 10:25 — mike kraft

In a matter of days, Pfizer CEO says they'll be ready to ask for approval of a Covid-19 vaccine for kids Pfizer/BioNTech plans to ask for authorization of a Covid-19 vaccine for some children under 12 soon, bringing the US one step closer to offering protection to a population that has grown particularly vulnerable as the fall season gets underway. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

(CNN) Pfizer/BioNTech plans to ask for authorization of a Covid-19 vaccine for some children under 12 soon, bringing the US one step closer to offering protection to a population that has grown particularly vulnerable as the fall season gets underway.

"It is a question of days, not weeks," Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla told ABC News Sunday about when the company will submit data on children ages 5 to 11 to the FDA for consideration.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday that the CDC will review data on vaccines for 5-11-year-olds with urgency.

"We are all enthusiastically awaiting these data," Walensky said, when asked how soon authorization and shots for kids could be seen after Pfizer submits its data to the US Food and Drug Administration. "As soon as they get submitted to the FDA, I know the FDA is urgently planning to review these data, it will go from the FDA to the CDC, and we will review it with similar urgency," she continued. "And I'm hoping in the order of weeks."

Walensky said boosters for people who have gotten the Moderna and J&J vaccines will be addressed with similar urgency as Pfizer's vaccine. Walensky reiterated that the current booster recommendations are only for people who received their second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine more than six months ago."We haven't forgotten you if you've gotten Moderna and J&J," Walensky said, when asked how soon boosters for these groups might be seen, and if mixing and matching of vaccines could happen in the near future. ...

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