The United States has authorised the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds amid a push to get the shot into more Americans' arms. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was a significant step in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
FDA Commissioner Dr Janet Woodcock said the move was aimed at bringing us close to returning to a sense of normalcy and to ending the pandemic.
Some 260 million doses have been given in the US, but demand has been falling.
Ms Woodcock added in her statement: Parents and guardians can rest assured that the agency undertook a rigorous and thorough review of all available data, as we have with all of our Covid-19 vaccine emergency use authorisations.
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