Canada's drug regulator has approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers..Health Canada says the Moderna vaccine can be given to children between the ages of six months and five years. It will be administered in doses one-quarter the size of that approved for adults..Pfizer's vaccine for young children was submitted to Health Canada last month and is still under review..The approval expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to nearly two million children in Canada..The National Advisory Committee on Immunization will provide advice on its use later today..More to come...
Canada's drug regulator has approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers..Health Canada says the Moderna vaccine can be given to children between the ages of six months and five years. It will be administered in doses one-quarter the size of that approved for adults..Pfizer's vaccine for young children was submitted to Health Canada last month and is still under review..The approval expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to nearly two million children in Canada..The National Advisory Committee on Immunization will provide advice on its use later today..More to come...
