US CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccination for children as young as 6 months old
(VOVWORLD) -The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Council on Saturday voted in favor of the recommendation to vaccinate against COVID-19 for children as young as 6 months old. The nationwide vaccination for this age group will likely be rolled out next week.
 A healthcare worker administers Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to children at a community health center in Los Angeles, California (USA). Photo: Getty Images/VNA
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A day earlier, the US Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorizations for Moderna's vaccine to include children 6 months through 5 years and Pfizer/BioNTech's for children 6 months through 4 years.
The US CDC advisory panel says the shots help protect young children from possible hospitalization, death, and long-term complications that are still unknown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.