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Hunt says that the TGA’s provisional approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged five to 11 is the first of four steps “focused on the safety and effectiveness of vaccinating children”.
“The second is the recommendation of ATAGI (Australian technical advisory group on immunisation). We are expecting that in the coming weeks.
The third then is training in relation to the use of the Pfizer vaccine in paediatric cases or for children five to 11. And then finally it is the batch testing, which is done by the TGA. Our batch testing team, our TGA team, will be working right through Christmas, right through the new year and a provisional expectation at this stage is that we have been able to bring forward the commencement of the paediatric doses or the children’s doses to 10 January.
We announced today that the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australia’s medical regulator, has approved access for five to 11-year-olds to the Pfizer vaccine. They have made a careful, thorough assessment, determined that it is safe and effective and that it is in the interests of children and Australians for children five to 11 to be vaccinated.
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