Health Canada is set to authorize the Pfizer COVID vaccine for use in children, meaning one of the biggest pediatric vaccination efforts in the country’s history will soon be underway. The vaccine for children, aged five to 11, uses the same mRNA technology as the adult version, but is about one-third the size. One Canadian study suggests that one in five kids who are admitted to hospital with COVID end up in intensive care. In an email, a spokesperson for Pfizer said the vials of child vaccine will contain 10 doses — to the adult vial’s six — and will have a different label and coloured cap. Pfizer tested the child vaccine on more than 2,000 volunteers in the U.S., Finland, Poland and Spain.

Source: thestar November 19, 2021 08:49 UTC