Australia provisionally approves Moderna’s COVID shot for children aged below five years
So far, the shot was provisionally approved in the country for individuals aged six years and older and as a booster dose for those aged 18 years and older, TGA said
Moderna said recently Australia’s drug regulator Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, for use in children aged six months to five years.
So far, the shot was provisionally approved in the country for individuals aged six years and older and as a booster dose for those aged 18 years and older, TGA said in a separate statement.
The move comes as Australia battles a major virus outbreak fuelled by the highly transmissible new Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, with hospital admissions surpassing record levels in several states.
Last week, Argentina and Canada also approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged six months to five years.
Edits by EP News Bureau
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