As adults in the United States continue to line up for their COVID-19 vaccines, children and teens have largely been kept out of the queue. Younger children could follow in the first quarter of 2022. Currently, no COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for use in children under the age of 16. Advertisement“That’s how we do all vaccine trials,” Maldonado said. “Sometimes children respond the same to vaccines as adults do but sometimes they don’t,” Maldonado said.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 10, 2021 14:02 UTC