Pfizer asks U.S. to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11

Lauren Neergaard

10/07/2021

Virus Outbreak — PFIZER HAS ASKED the U.S. government to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 - and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY

Pfizer asked the United States government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 - and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks. Many parents and pediatricians are clamoring for protection for children younger than 12, today’s age cutoff for the vaccine made by Pfizer…

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