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COVID-19 Vaccine Information for Children Aged 5-11

23 Nov 2021

What is the status of COVID-19 vaccines for children in Canada? In November 2021, Health Canada approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children five to 11 years of age. [...] It was important to develop the COVID-19 vaccine quickly because of how many people were dying and getting sick, and because of the disruptions to everyday life as a result of the pandemic. [...] Because of the large amount of resources that were made available to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and the large number of COVID-19 cases the clinical trials were able to happen quickly. [...] To be approved the evidence must show that the vaccine: is safe, effective and of good quality demonstrates that the benefits outweigh the risks This process applied to the paediatric dose (10µg) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 years old inclusively. [...] Are COVID-19 cases among children on the rise? According to the Public Health Agency of Canada’s updated COVID-19 epidemiology and modelling, children under 12 are currently accounting for more cases of COVID-19 compared with their proportion of the Canadian population.
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