Australia to jab children vs Covid

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 06, 2021 12:28 am

SYDNEY, Australia: Australia on Sunday cleared the first Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, with the next stage of its vaccine rollout expected to start in early 2022.

Health Minister Greg Hunt said medical regulators had granted provisional approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be administered to younger children for the first time.

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