Biden Admin Purchases 50 Million More Vaccine Doses for Children, Pfizer Says

Biden Admin Purchases 50 Million More Vaccine Doses for Children, Pfizer Says
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for packaging at Pfizer's facility in Puurs, Belgium, March 2021. Pfizer via AP
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The Biden administration has purchased an additional 50 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses for children to be delivered by the end of April next year, the drugmakers said in a statement on Thursday.

“The U.S. will receive these additional doses to continue to support preparedness for pediatric vaccinations, including securing vaccines for children under 5 years of age, should they receive regulatory authorization,” Pfizer-BioNTech said in a press release.

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