The use of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 has been approved for children 12 years and older.
- Sinovac COVID vaccine trial for children enrols first SA participantsThis becomes the first vaccine against the virus approved for minors in the country.
The United States and various other countries have already started vaccinating children of 12 years and older with the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.
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