Pfizer Kids Vaccine

• Pfizer says pandemic could last until 2024 as it tests 3-dose vaccine course for kids

  Pfizer Inc. said it is testing a three-dose course of the COVID-19 vaccine in all age groups under 16, including two to four-year-olds.

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  Dec 17, 2021
  
• 1st batch of COVID-19 vaccines for kids lands in Canada

  A UPS plane bearing thousands of pediatric doses touched down in the rain at an airport in Hamilton, with Federal Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi on hand to mark its arrival.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2021
  
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• Waterloo Region aims to have COVID-19 vaccine available for kids aged 5-11 by Christmas

  With the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine having been approved for those aged five to 11, Waterloo Region says it is prepared to begin vaccinating that age group as early as next week.

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  Nov 19, 2021
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• Health Canada approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11

  Children aged five to 11 will soon be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Health Canada announced. The vaccine will require two doses of 10 micrograms each.

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  Nov 19, 2021
• Canada set to announce kids COVID-19 vaccine approval, change to U.S. travel testing rules

  Canada is expecting delivery of 2.9 million child-sized doses as soon as Health Canada provides regulatory approval, enough for a first dose for every child aged five to 11 age .

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2021
• B.C. reports first case of new strain of COVID-19 Delta variant AY 4.2

  Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the vaccine works against the evolution of the Delta variant, based on preliminary evaluation.

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  Nov 16, 2021
• Pfizer sends initial kids’ COVID-19 vaccine trial data to Health Canada

  In an email to Global News, Pfizer said it has sent in data from COVID-19 vaccine trials on children and continues to work with Canada's regulator ahead of a formal submission.

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  Oct 1, 2021
• U.S. parents await results as kids’ COVID-19 vaccine nears approval

  Some parents have expressed hesitancy about the vaccine for their young children, citing the lack of large-scale studies and long-term data on its effects on that population.

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  Sep 22, 2021
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• COVID-19 vaccine effective in children ages 5 to 11, Pfizer says

  Pfizer, the maker of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, said it studied a lower dose of its shot in 2,268 kindergartners and elementary school-aged kids.

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  Sep 20, 2021