Fauci: COVID Vaccine Will 'Certainly' Be Available By Fall For Kids Under 12
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Anticipation for a vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 comes as pediatric coronavirus cases continue to spike across the country.
A coronavirus vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 will “certainly” be available by this fall, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday, supporting similar estimated timelines provided by health officials in recent weeks.
“Sometime in the next few weeks, as we get into October, we’ll be able to see the vaccines for children get enough data to be presented for safety and immunogenicity,” the nation’s top infectious disease expert said in an interview with ABC’s “This Week.”
Because Pfizer is slightly ahead of Moderna in terms of gathering data, there may be a difference in time frame by “a couple to a few weeks” between when the drugmakers will have vaccines authorized for emergency use, Fauci said.