Children under the age of 12 will likely not be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine until late 2021 at the earliest, according to the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “I gotta be honest, I don’t see approval for kids 5 to 11 coming much before the end of 2021,” Dr. Francis Collins, the NIH director, said on NPR. Pfizer and Moderna, the makers of the two most widely administered COVID-19 vaccines in America, are conducting trials of the shots in children between the ages of 5 and 11. After they’re done, they will present the data to the Food and Drug Administration, which would decide whether to expand emergency use authorization of the jabs to the age group. The companies “are working hard on collecting data from rigorous trials” to answer questions like the correct dosage for smaller children, Collins said. Pfizer may submit its data …
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