
A teenager is inoculated with Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine after Georgia authorized the shot for those aged 12 years and older, at Dekalb Pediatric Center in Decatur, Georgia, May 11, 2021.
"This is one more giant step in our fight against the pandemic," Biden told reporters on Wednesday, after a CDC panel voted to recommend use of Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds. The shot was already available to anyone over 16, and the FDA on Monday gave emergency authorization to expand eligibility down to the age of 12.
Biden noted that there have been about three million Covid-19 cases among US children. But while Americans 17 and under account for around 9% of cases, they make up less than 0.1% of Covid-19 deaths. Children who are infected with the virus don't typically suffer serious illness or death.














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