Vaccine

Kids 5 to 11 can receive a Pfizer COVID booster

Published May 20, 2022 7:04 AM

(KYMA, KECY) - Vaccine advisors voted to recommend to the CDC that it allow children ages five to 11 to receive boosters.

The group was voting specifically on Pfizer's booster doses.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the doses for the same age group earlier this week.

The advisory committee recommends children receive COVID boosters at least five weeks after their two initial doses of the vaccine.

So, the booster would be a third dose for healthy children and a fourth dose for children who are immunocompromised.

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April Hettinger

April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and Malibu. She decided to trade the beach for the snow and advanced her education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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