On June 21, local time, U.S. President Biden said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the provision of a new crown vaccine to children under the age of 5 under emergency authorization, which means that the United States has taken a "landmark step".

  According to reports, earlier in the day, Biden and the first lady Jill went to a clinic in Washington, D.C., to inspect the new crown vaccination work for children under the age of 5.

  Previously, on the 17th, the FDA approved the provision of Pfizer’s new crown vaccine to children aged 6 months to 4 years and the provision of Moderna’s new crown vaccine to people 6 months to 17 years old.

This is the first time that children under the age of 5 have been vaccinated against the new crown in the United States.

According to statistics, there are about 18 million children under the age of 5 in the United States.

(produced by Le Xiaomin)

Responsible editor: [Li Ji]