The first children have received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine as part of the pharmaceutical company’s pediatric clinical trial.
About 67,00 children in the U.S. and Canada between the ages of six months and 11 years old are participating.
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The children are getting two doses of the vaccine, spaced about 28 days apart.
As the trial continues, some children will be given a placebo.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for adults in December.
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