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COVID-19 booster for young children gets provisional approval

Maureen Dettre and Dominic Giannini

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The medicines’ regulator has given provisional approval to a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster for children aged five to 11.

However, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said on Wednesday that the federal government’s decision on the use of the vaccine as a booster in the age group would be informed by advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI).

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