People in UK and USA have been vaccinated, then followed by other countries soon. Unfortunately, there is age limit for current covid 19 vaccines.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of USA recommended Pfizer – BioNTech vaccine for certain ages only, especially for people of 16 years old and over.
The main reasons that the vaccine are safe and effective for this group (adult age) so far. The question then:
When Will children Get Covid 19 Vaccine?
To answer this question, the kid must follow the clinical trials first in order to find out:
- the right doses
- vaccine effectiveness on kids
- the safe doses.
- the level of immune responses
It is important for children to get vaccine, because their number is above 20% of population, and like adults, they may get sick of corona virus as well.
The data revealed that more than 1.1 millions kids have been infected by Sars Covid 2 virus in the USA.
There is sense of urgency to start vaccine trial for children. Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony S. Fauci mentioned the trial will likely on January, 2021.
3,000 kids with ages range from 12 to 18 years old are planned to involve in the vaccine testing. Two possible vaccines are:
- Pfizer – Biontech vaccines
- Moderna vaccine
Hope, we know the result soon, no later than end of 2021.