“This infection is killing children and we have an opportunity to prevent that,” Beth Bell, one of the doctors on the advisory panel, said after the vote. The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to make the vaccines available to the under-five age group as early as next week. They should be delivered to places that parents know about – such as pharmacies, children’s clinics and pediatricians’ offices. However, it is unclear whether many parents will also have their children vaccinated. The Biontech vaccine for children aged five to eleven was approved in October. According to US authorities, only about 29 percent of children in this age group have been fully vaccinated.
