Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two Covid-19 vaccines for children under the age of five, allowing millions of young children in the United States to be vaccinated once approved by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. .

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 vaccine for children six months to four years old and the Moderna vaccine for children six months to 17 years old. The Pfizer vaccine is already approved for children over five years of age.

White House officials said the vaccines could be distributed to groups under five years old next week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should provide their recommendations on how to administer vaccines before the vaccination campaign begins in earnest.

Although many parents in the United States want their children vaccinated, it is not clear how powerful this vaccination is. Federal data shows that the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine was approved for children ages 5 to 11 in October, but only about 29 percent of that group was fully vaccinated.

COVID-19 is usually milder in children. However, since March 2020, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it has become the fifth leading cause of death in children aged one to four years and the fourth leading cause of death in children under one year of age. .