FDA Could Authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Under 5 in the Next Month: Fauci

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 4, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Jan. 19 that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could approve Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 years old within the next month.

“My hope is that it’s going to be within the next month or so and not much later than that, but I can’t guarantee that because I can’t outguess the FDA,” Fauci said during a virtual town hall meeting with Blue Star Families, a nonprofit group that supports military families.