After United States and Canada, Europe's medicines regulator today endorsed the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children who are as young as 12 years of age. The European Medicines Agency's endorsement comes weeks after it began evaluating extending use of the vaccine, developed with Germany's BioNTech, to include 12- to 15-year old's. Earlier this month, US-based Centers for Disease Control approved the use of the vaccine for the children in the age group of 12-15 years. Germany to offer coronavirus jabs to childrenMeanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Germany will start offering coronavirus jabs to children over the age of 12 from June 7. (With inputs from agencies)Subscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a valid email * Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.

Source: Mint May 28, 2021 15:33 UTC