
2-3, however there is no public agenda yet posted for the meeting. The CDC director can adopt those guidelines, edit them or issue her own if she takes issue with what the panel suggests.

The committee is expected to meet and discuss this Nov. Then, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will convene an advisory committee of its own to make further recommendations about who to dispense the shots to, and when. That's likely to happen some time in the next few days. So how soon can you have your kid roll up their sleeve? There are a few more boxes for regulators to check before shots can begin:įirst, the Food and Drug Administration needs to decide whether to adopt the experts' recommendation and authorize the vaccine.

(Bloomberg) - A panel of leading vaccine experts has backed the Covid-19 vaccine for kids age 5 to 11 from Pfizer Inc.
