Pfizer files for US approval for kids’ Omicron dose

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (AFP): Pfizer and BioNTech have asked United States health officials to authorize their Omicron-targeting Covid booster vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, the companies said Monday.
The companies sent a request for emergency authorization for a 10-microgram dose to the US Food and Drug Administration.
This new generation of anti-Covid vaccines targets both the original strain of coronavirus and the BA.4 and BA.5 lineages, the subvariants of Omicron that are causing more than 90% of infections in the United States.
If the FDA authorizes the vaccine, the shot will still need another green light from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the country's main federal health agency, before the first injections can be administered to children.