EU regulator authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11

It is the first time the European Medicines Agency has cleared a COVID-19 vaccine for use in young children. (File/Shutterstock)

• This clears the way for shots to be administered to millions of elementary school children on the continent amid a new wave of infections sweeping across Europe

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The European Union drugs regulator authorized Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for use on children aged from 5 to 11 years on Thursday, clearing the way for shots to be administered to millions of elementary school children on the continent amid a new wave of infections sweeping across Europe.
It is the first time the European Medicines Agency has cleared a COVID-19 vaccine for use in young children.
The agency said it “recommended granting an extension of indication for the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty to include use in children aged 5 to 11.”