Vaccine, over 30 million administrations in Italy
Vaccine, over 29 million anti-Covid doses administered in Italy
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May 23, 2021 The US company Moderna will ask the European Medicines Agency (EMA) at the beginning of June to authorize its vaccine against Covid-19 for the age group between 12 and 17 years.
This was announced by the company's CEO, Stephane Bancel, in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche. According to Bancel, "the ideal" would be to immunize adolescents "before the end of August".
Considering that "by the summer all adults wishing to be vaccinated will have received a first dose", Stéphane Bancel estimated that "it will then be necessary to target adolescents aged 12 to 17 very quickly". Today, only the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine is authorized for 16-18 year olds in Europe; Pfizer has also applied for authorization for children between the ages of 12 and 16 and has already obtained it in the United States.
"If you do not vaccinate massively, the risk of a fourth wave cannot be excluded", added the manager, who considers it necessary to inoculate a third dose "from the end of the summer" to those who have been immunized. at the beginning of the year, especially residents of retirement homes.