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From the second half of this year, it seems that children over the age of 12 will be able to get the Pfizer vaccine.
Pfizer has applied for emergency use approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the FDA so that Pfizer can be vaccinated by 12 to 15 years of age with its own vaccine, which can only be hit by 16 years of age or older.
This is Kim Jong-won's correspondent from New York.
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Pfizer said that a vaccine clinical trial on 2,260 children aged 12 to 15 years in the United States showed a 100% corona prevention rate.
There were 18 confirmed cases from the side that did not receive the vaccine, but not one from the side who received the vaccine, so the prevention rate was higher than that of adults.
In terms of stability, which was a key factor, it is known that no problems have been discovered yet.
[Meg Tyrrell / CNBC medicine and science reporter: Pfizer was eopeotdago the matgodo problem children vaccines, look to the results probably it looks not much to worry about regarding vaccine safety in children 12 to 15 years old -
The US Food and Drug Administration If the FDA approves the urgent use of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, the actual vaccination is expected from the second half of this year.
In the near future, Pfizer plans to request approval of vaccinations for 12 to 15 year olds to pharmaceutical regulatory bodies outside the United States.
In addition, Pfizer is also conducting clinical trials for children aged 6 months to 11 years old.
Currently, Pfizer has been approved to be vaccinated from 16 years of age or older and Moderna from 18 years of age or older.