The Moderna Spikevax (50 mcg) coronavirus vaccine in kids aged 6 to 11 years has been approved by Canada.
The Prevenar vaccine helped prevent infections such as pneumonia, which killed an estimated 935,000 children under the age of five globally in 2013.
Covaxin for children can soon be used for emergency. Zydus Cadila, a leading pharmaceutical company in India was recently authorized by DCGI for its needle-free ZyCoV-D Covid-19 vaccine for the children aged 12 years and above.
Covid-19 pandemic in the US can be ended only if all the children are vaccinated against the disease. Children are key to ending the pandemic, says David Celentano, chair of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University.