In August, India’s drug regulator approved Zydus Cadila’s needle-free Z圜oV-D vaccine for those aged 12 and above. Taiwan has temporarily suspended giving second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to children and adolescents between 12 and 17 years over concerns from the risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the outer lining of the heart), according to media reports.
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While some countries are giving children and adolescents the full two-dose course of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, others are giving a single dose.Īccording to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, there are 20 vaccine candidates in clinical testing for those under 18.Ĭhina has begun inoculating children aged three and above with its own CoronaVac vaccine, produced by Sinovac Biotech. Three vaccines that have been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) are being administered to children in various countries: the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Sinopharm shot and the Sinovac vaccine. While many children who do catch COVID have few to no symptoms, those with underlying health conditions may be at increased risk of severe illness. More than 100 countries around the world have extended their COVID-19 vaccination drives to children.Īccording to a report from UNICEF, which analysed 115 million confirmed COVID-19 cases from 105 countries, people under 20 account for 16 percent of reported cases.
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