Thai FDA Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine For Children Aged 6 Months -5 Years

(CTN News) – Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in maroon caps is now approved for use in children aged 6 months to 5 years, with three injections of 3g each.

In terms of COVID-19 prevention, the vaccine is 80.3% effective.

TFDA’s Secretary-General, Dr. Paisarn Dunkum, informed that on August 23.

Yesterday (Wednesday), Dr. Paisarn Dunkum, the Secretary-General of Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), informed me that, on August 23rd.

A subcommittee of the TFDA that was considering registering modern pharmacopeia for humans as a vaccine against COVID-19 approved the expansion of Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine to include children aged 6 months to 5 years old.

People aged 12 and older had previously been allowed to use the vaccine for auto-immune stimulation. The age range was extended to children aged 5 to 11 years old.

Children received two doses of intramuscular vaccination 21 days apart, using a 10g dose of the vaccine.

In children aged 6 months to 5 years, 3g of the vaccine will be injected in three injections. After the first injection, the second follows 3 weeks later, and the third 8 weeks later.

Thailand has vaccinated more than 57 million people against COVID-19, of whom 31.6 million have received booster shots.

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