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A Nurse vaccinates a person with the Astra-Zeneca vaccine, during a vaccination drive for the tour operators and hospitality sector.[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]
The Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorisation of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to include adolescents 12 to 15 years of age on May 10, 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed with recommendations endorsing use in this age group after their advisory group meeting on May 12. The American Academy of Pediatrics also supports this decision.
Dr Debbie-Ann Shirley is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia specialising in pediatric infectious diseases. Here she addresses some of the concerns parents may have about their teen or preteen getting the Covid-19 vaccine.
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