EXPERT REACTION: Pfizer vaccine provisionally approved for Australian teens
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia's medical regulator, has provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and 15. Previously, only people aged 16 and over were approved for both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.
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Professor Kristine Macartney, Director of the National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS) and a professor at the University of Sydney, is available for comment.