Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in kids. Here are other updates: 🇲🇽 Mexico's death toll rises to 285,953 🇧🇷 Brazil has 460 deaths 🇹🇳 Tunisia imposes vaccine pass on Tunisians and foreign visitors For more:
Nine-year-old Marisol Gerardo gets her second Covid-19 shot as part of a clinical trial to test how well Pfizer’s vaccine works in kids. Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s vaccine appear safe and nearly 91 percent effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the US considers opening vaccinations to that age group.
The shots could begin in early November, with the first children in line fully protected by Christmas, if regulators give the go-ahead. That would represent a major expansion of the nation's vaccine drive, encompassing roughly 28 million elementary school-age youngsters.Mexico registered 284 more deaths and 4,653 new cases, bringing the overall death toll to 285,953 and the total number of cases to 3,777,209, the Health Ministry.
The South American country has now registered 21,711,843 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 605,139, according to ministry data, in the world's third worst outbreak outside the United States and India and its second-deadliest.Tunisia imposed vaccine passes on Tunisians and all foreign visitors, a presidential decree showed.
Officials, employees and users are required to show their vaccine pass to access public and private administrations, according to the decree. The pass will also be required to enter cafes, restaurants, hotels and tourist establishments, it said.
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