COVID-19: First shipment of Pfizer’s vaccines for kids arrivesINFORMED CHOICE: Parents should research the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines before deciding which is best to give their children, the minister of health saidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children, containing 777,600 doses, arrived in Taiwan yesterday morning, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said the vaccine would be administered to children aged 5 to 11 as their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Workers unload a shipment of children’s doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday. As the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines each have benefits and drawbacks, the center encourages parents to learn about the vaccines before choosing which to give to their children, he said. A shipment of 35,280 courses of molnupiravir, an oral antiviral treatment for treating COVID-19 also arrived yesterday evening.

Source: Taipei Times May 16, 2022 22:13 UTC