Coronavirus: vaccine roll-out for American children under 5 close after CDC panel vote | South China Morning Post

A panel of advisers to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday voted to recommend Covid-19 vaccines for children as young as six months, making it likely a nationwide roll-out can start next week. The 12-0 vote in favour of the move needs to be signed off by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky for the US government to start rolling out the vaccines for children aged 5 and under. The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorised Moderna Inc's shot for children aged six months to 5 years, and Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine for children aged six months to…