EU regulator reviews extending Pfizer COVID booster for kids aged 12-15

The European Union's drug regulator launched a review to evaluate whether the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can be used as a third booster shot in adolescents aged 12 to 15, even after several countries in the region have already started such a campaign. The European Medicines Agency added that a review of booster shots given to 16- and 17-year-oldteenagers was ongoing. Germany's vaccine committee last month recommended that all children between the ages of 12 and 17 receive a booster, following the initial two-shot course