完整標題：UK approves Pfizer jab for 12 to 15-year-olds
發稿單位：BBC
發稿時間：台灣時間2021/6/4 19:26
撰 稿 者：BBC
原文連結：https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57358446
The UK regulator has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in
children aged 12-15, saying it is safe and effective in this age group and
the benefits outweigh any risks.
The MHRA said it had carried out a "rigorous review" of the vaccine in
adolescents.
The UK's vaccines committee will now decide whether children should get the
jab.
The Pfizer vaccine is already approved for use in people aged 16 and over.
Dr June Raine, chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the safety of the vaccine in 12-15 year olds
would be carefully monitored.
"No extension to an authorisation would be approved unless the expected
standards of safety, quality and effectiveness have been met," she said.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) must now advise
government on whether this age group should be vaccinated as part of the UK
rollout.
A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said it would be
"guided by the expert advisors and will update in due course".
At present, there is no routine vaccination of under 18s against Covid in the
UK.
However, current advice is that 16-18 years old who are in a priority group
or who live in the same house as someone who is extremely vulnerable, should
be offered a Covid vaccine.
The EU recently approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12-15 year olds, and
the US and Canada started vaccinating children in this age group earlier this
month.
Germany has indicated it will start vaccinating children over 12 from 7 June.
Alongside the regulator, a UK independent advisory group also analysed data
on the quality, effectiveness and safety of the vaccine in adolescents
against any potential risk of side effects.
The Commission on Human Medicines concluded that "its benefits outweigh any
risk".
The data is based on more than 2,000 children aged 12-15 years old who took
part in trials of the Pfizer vaccine. There were no cases of Covid from a
week after the second dose - compared to 16 cases in the placebo group, and
the vaccine appeared to work as well in adolescents as in young adults aged
16-25.
彆腳翻譯總結
TL;DR
英國同意12至15歲兒童接種瑞輝-BNT疫苗，表示在這個年紀是安全有效的，且Z>B