Fauci says vaccine approval for those under 5 likely not until June
A COVID-19 vaccine for children under five might not be approved for emergency use until June, Anthony Fauci said on Thursday.
Fauci, the chief medical adviser for President Biden, told CNN’s Kasie Hunt that health regulators were concerned because vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer were creating slightly different products, which required additional scrutiny.
“You have two separate companies, one of which has a dose a little bit different than the other, and the other one has a regiment a little bit different,” Fauci said.
The health adviser also raised concerns to Hunt about the virus’s highly transmissible omicron variant. Pfizer is planning for a two-dose regiment for children under five, but the emergence of omicron means Americans need an extra dose for immunity, Fauci said.
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