NZ: Covid-19: Pfizer vaccine approved for children aged 5-11
Stuff, 16 December, 2021 The Government’s medicine regulator has given provisional approval for the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. Medsafe’s Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee met this week to discuss Pfizer’s application for the paediatric vaccine, a third of the dose given to adults, and had been looking at overseas vaccine data. Cabinet will next consider the vaccine for approval. The vaccine could be rolled out before the end of January. It will involve two doses at least 21…