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US FDA authorizes Moderna, Pfizer updated COVID-19 boosters for 6 months old children

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Published: 08 December ,2022: 08:02 PM GST Updated: 08 December ,2022: 09:53 PM GST

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized updated COVID-19 booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech for children as young as 6 months of age.

The amended authorizations allow use of Moderna’s bivalent shot in children 6 months through 5 years of age, while the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine can be given to those aged 6 months through 4 years.

Pfizer’s shot can be administered as the third shot for those eligible and have not completed their primary vaccination series, the agency added.

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