Expect more vaccine approvals, says US top medical officer Dr Anthony Fauci

WASHINGTON, August 24 Further full US approvals for Covid-19 vaccines could come within weeks, with separate approval for children under 12 as soon as mid-autumn, the nation’s top infectious disease official said on Tuesday, one day after Pfizer-BioNTech won wider...

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Updated At : 12:28 PM Aug 25, 2021 IST

WASHINGTON, August 24

Further full US approvals for Covid-19 vaccines could come within weeks, with separate approval for children under 12 as soon as mid-autumn, the nation’s top infectious disease official said on Tuesday, one day after Pfizer-BioNTech won wider FDA approval for its shot.

Dr Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s top medical officer and the head of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he expected Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to secure full Food and Drug Administration approval relatively soon, possibly within several weeks to one month. — Reuters