The agency also upped its recommendation for second boosters in adults 50 and older, as well as the immunocompromised.
have surged among the oldest Americans, beyond peaks seen during the Delta variant wave last year.
Walensky's moves comes after a day-long meeting of the agency's advisers weighing the potential benefits a third dose could offer an age group that has largely survived COVID-19 infections with lagging rates of vaccination.children ages five to 11 years old are fully vaccinated with two shots of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine and will become eligible for the booster.suggest vaccine hesitancy has climbed among children, but remains a minority.
A nurse puts a bandaid on a girl's arm after administering a pediatric dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission College in the Sylmar neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, January 19, 2022. presented to the committee
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