Pharma companies Pfizer-BioNotech, which is making the Corona vaccine, have claimed that their vaccine is 100% effective on children between 12 and 15 years old. According to CNN, the company said in a statement on Wednesday that it was 100% effective in phase three trials on 2,250 children in the US. A month after the second dose, he had a better antibody response. The company is considering handing over this data to the US Food and Drug Administration so that the vaccine can be approved by Emergency Use as soon as possible.
Abhinav of Indian origin also joined the trial
The vaccine trials continued until October 2020. Its results have now come. 12-year-old Abhinav of Indian origin also participated in the trial of the Pfizer Vaccine. He is among the youngest children to take the Corona vaccine. His father Sharat is also a doctor and has been involved in the trial of the Kovid vaccine. Abhinav got vaccinated at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in the US.
Plan to start trial on 2 to 5-year-olds
Last week, the company started a clinical trial study of Phase 1,2,3 of the vaccine in children between 6 months to 11 years. During this period, the first dose was given to children aged between 5 and 11 years. The company plans to start trials on children aged between 2 and 5 years from next week. The company plans to include 4,644 children in it. The results are expected by the end of 2021.
Another company Moderna is also trialing its vaccine against teenagers and children. Among them, separate trials are being conducted on children between 12 to 17 years and 6 months to 11 years.
Risk of harm to children from mutations
Experts have expressed apprehension that the coronavirus will continue to spread further and that it will mutate in a more dangerous form. One or more such mutations can be harmful to children as well.
Jeremy Samuel Faust, a doctor at Brigham and Women's Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine in the US, and Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Center for Global Health Science at Georgetown University Medical Center, say that despite severe numbers of severe corona cases in children They need to be vaccinated fast.
Children are required to get vaccinated for herd immunity
Many experts, including a well-known American expert on infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, say that vaccination of children is necessary to achieve herd immunity. Clinical trials are underway to investigate whether the corona vaccine is safe for children, but we have to be prepared that these trials will not produce any blockbuster results.
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