Countries in Europe, including Germany, Hungary, Greece and Spain, began immunizing children aged 5-11 on Wednesday, despite the growing proliferation of Omicron mutations.
This vaccine is given at a lower dose than Pfizer’s vaccine for people 12 years of age and older. It is also available as a baby bottle with an orange cap to differentiate it from an adult bottle with a purple cap, according to the Daily Mail. Last month, the European Union (EU) European Medicines Authority approved a Pfizer BioNTech injection for children ages 5-11. Denmark and Austria began immunizing young children in November.
The United States will be the first country to start vaccinating small children and it has inoculated more than 5 million children aging 5-11.
In Greece, more than 20,000 parents have vaccinated their children in an hour since Wednesday.While Spain has Europe’s highest vaccination rates.Other European countries including Italy, Portugal, Poland, the Baltic states and the Czech Republic are also set to launch similar vaccination drives in the coming days.
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