The pharmaceutical company said in November its vaccine gave the age group 100% long-term protection against the virus.
means the companies will be able to continue producing the vaccine after the Covid-19 pandemic is declared over, and will be allowed to market the shot.
The Pfizer/BioNTech shot is the only Covid-19 vaccine approved, emergency or otherwise, for Americans under age 18.released in October that examined data from June 1 to September 30—when the delta variant was the dominant strain of the coronavirus—found the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 shot to be 93% effective at preventing hospitalizations in individuals ages 12 to 18.
Wednesday during a White House press briefing that Covid-19 booster shots, either from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna, offer substantial protection against hospitalization from the omicron variant.The data from Discovery Health also showed a 29% dip in hospitalizations compared to the alpha variant after adjusting for vaccination status.
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