EU backs bivalent Covid shots, UK supports vaccinating infants over 6 months

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EU regulator backs bivalent COVID shots for primary vaccination The European Medicines Agency said on Tuesday its emergency task force has concluded that messenger RNA bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, targeting the original strain and the Omicron BA.4-5 subvariants, may be used in previously unvaccinated children and adults. Reuters Reuters
Britain's health regulator backs COVID vaccine for infants from six months Britain's health regulator on Tuesday authorised a COVID-19 vaccine for infants as young as six months, opening the door for vaccinating the country's youngest children once the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) agrees. Reuters Reuters

 

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