The High Authority for Health only recommended it, initially, to those at risk of developing a severe form of Covid-19.
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Children’s Covid Vaccine Arrives in Europe. Production of the children’s version of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine will ramp up and doses will be available in the European Union on December 13, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday December 1.
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She specified that she had this information from the German-American manufacturer, which supplies the most widely used vaccine in the 27 Member States of the Union. Ursula von der Leyen also favored the EU having a “discussion” on compulsory vaccination, in response to a question during a press conference devoted to the evolution of the pandemic and the appearance of the Omicron variant.
Despite the European green light for the Covid-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds, the High Authority for Health (HAS) only recommended it, Tuesday, November 30, initially to those at risk of having a form severe illness. Outside the European continent, it has already been authorized for children in this age group in a small number of countries, including the United States, Israel and Canada.