Young children could start to receive Pfizer and Moderna vaccines next week, pending the CDC's recommendation.
for the under 5 group at thousands of sites, including hospitals, doctors' offices, community health centers and pharmacies.
"We have asked states to distribute the initial tranche of doses to their highest-priority sites, including those serving the highest-risk children and hardest-to-reach areas," Jha said. "And we’ve also asked them to prioritize sites that can handle large volumes, such as children’s hospitals." "Because there are three doses, it will take longer to develop immunity among children in this age group who received the Pfizer vaccine," said Dr. Cody Meissner, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the Tufts Children’s Hospital in Boston. Meissner was on the FDA advisory panel that evaluated the vaccines on Wednesday.
Both vaccines produced mild side effects in young children. Many trial participants experienced irritability, sleepiness and pain at the injection site.26% of kids age 6 months to 5 years developed a fever after each dose — a higher rate than reported among adolescents and adults.: Around 7% of children 6 to 23 months reported fever after each dose.
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