UPDATE: CDC signs off on Pfizer Covid vaccine boosters for children ages 12 to 15.
Around 5 million children are immediately eligible for the extra doses, a CDC official told the committee Wednesday.Before the vote, committee members grappled with how strong the language for the recommendation should be, weighing the risk of the highly contagiousof the coronavirus as well as data showing adolescents, in general, are less likely to suffer from severe disease from Covid than adults.
Dr. Sara Oliver, an epidemic intelligence service officer for the CDC, said in a presentation to the committee that U.S. cases have"rapidly increased" since the start of December because of the increased prevalence of omicron, which now accounts for around 95 percent of all new cases. "We see a slight increase in hospitalization rates from over the summer, but overall rates remained relatively steady," she said, stressing that it's still too early to say how the variant might behave in younger age groups.
No new safety concerns were identified out of more than 41,000 booster shots administered in Israel, she said, and there were only two confirmed cases of myocarditis. Both cases occurred in boys, one of whom had a history of an inflammation condition, she said.when the CDC signed off on boosters for 16- and 17-year-olds.
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