Pfizer Covid jab approved for kids in the UK
Indian Covid variant could be ‘Prof Adam Finn, Professor of Paediatrics, University of Bristol, said: “As expected, MHRA have authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the age of 12 years as FDA and EMA have done previously.
“The key question to address now is whether it is actually necessary to immunise children in order to protect them from the infection and in order to prevent further disruption to their education and social development.
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