UK Regulator Approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Babies and Young Children

UK Regulator Approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Babies and Young Children
A vial labelled “Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this photo taken on Jan. 16, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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The UK’s medicines regulator on Tuesday gave the greenlight for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, also known as Comirnaty, to be used on children in Britain aged between 6 months and 4 years old.

The vaccine has previously been approved in Northern Ireland for the same age group.