The reformulated COVID-19 shots are now available for children as young as 6 months old.
Officials said that as of Thursday, children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years who were vaccinated with the original Moderna shots are eligible to get a booster of the updated Moderna shot two months after completing a primary series of the original formulation.
Children from 6 months to 4 years old who have not yet begun getting original vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech or who have gotten only their first two of three doses will be eligible to get the newly authorized shots. Officials said that children in that age group who have already gotten their three-dose primary series of Pfizer-BioNTech shots will not be eligible for the updated vaccines.
As of last week, nearly 1.8 million Americans under the age of 5 have gotten at least one dose of any of the available COVID-19 vaccines,In October, officials recommended the bivalent vaccines for children as young as 5.More than 80% of the total U.S. population has gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, according to the CDC.
Since the start of the pandemic, officials have confirmed more than 99.3 million COVID-19 infections and reported over 1 million deaths nationwide, . More than 647.4 million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide, resulting in 6.6 million deaths, according to the university.
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