COVID-19 live updates: Unvaccinated 'looking at a winter' of illness, death: WH

BREAKING: The potential timeline for when children under 5 may have an authorized vaccine is now being pushed back.

Southwest CEO Gary Kelly has tested positive for COVID-19 after testifying at a Senate hearing Wednesday alongside other airline executives, a Southwest spokesperson said.Kelly, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, has mild symptoms, the spokesperson said.Email this article

Data for a two-shot vaccine was initially expected by the end of the year, but now Pfizer/BioNTech say they hope to have data with a third shot in the first half of 2022. Pfizer/BioNTech added in a statement, “The decision to evaluate a third dose of 3 µg for children 6 months to under 5 years of age reflects the companies’ commitment to carefully select the right dose to maximize the risk-benefit profile. If the three-dose study is successful, Pfizer and BioNTech expect to submit data to regulators to support an Emergency Use Authorization for children 6 months to under 5 years of age in the first half of 2022.

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