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EU regulator approves adapted Pfizer vaccine for children

by Haruna Gimba

By Asmau Ahmad

The European Medicine Agency (EMA) has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, which is adapted to the Omicron variant, for children aged five and older, the agency announced on Friday.

The vaccine adapted for the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants had already been approved as a booster for people aged 12 years and older.

The European U Commission still has to approve the recommendation, but that is considered a formality.

The experts said they expect a broader protection against different COVID-19 variants.

The manufacturers pointed to studies showing strong immune responses against the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants in people over 18 years of age 30 days after vaccination.

The adapted vaccine was said to be as tolerable and safe as the original one.

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