Reuters: CDC panel clears way to COVID-19 vaccines for U.S. adolescents
U.S. states are set to begin using the vaccine from Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and BioNTech SE to inoculate younger adolescents against COVID-19 after advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) backed the plan in a unanimous vote on Wednesday.
After the CDC made this rollout official President Joe Biden encouraged parents to take their children to get vaccinated.
Biden encourages parents to get their children vaccinated after a CDC panel recommended Pfizer's COVID shots for people as young as 12
"The vaccine for kids between the ages of 12 and 15 [is] safe, effective, easy, fast and free. My hope is that parents will take advantage" pic.twitter.com/tZJwqYkUKU
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