Kids COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout begins in Australia Ahead of School Term

Children receive a dose of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine for children at the children's section of the Lanxess Arena vaccination center in Cologne, Germany, on Dec. 18, 2021. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

Australia’s vaccination rollout to children aged between five and 11 has begun ahead of the return to school on Jan. 28.

Children aged five to 11 are now eligible to receive two doses of the Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine, eight weeks apart, and the dose will be one third that of kids aged 12 and over.