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In the latest development in the fight to end the COVID鈥�19 pandemic, the United States has authorized use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in children ages 5鈥�11 years, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended vaccination for children in this age group.

The pediatric experts at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center have been carefully monitoring the COVID鈥�19 pandemic and the effects of this novel coronavirus on children. We recommend vaccination against COVID鈥�19 for all children age 5 and older and encourage parents to talk to their child’s pediatrician with any questions and concerns regarding their child’s health.

So what do parents need to know about the COVID鈥�19 vaccine for the 5鈥�11 age group?

• The vaccine is highly effective (91 percent) in preventing COVID鈥�19 infection in children.
• The pediatric shot is one鈥恡hird of the dose currently given to adults and adolescents. Children will receive two vaccine doses of 10 micrograms of the Pfizer vaccine – notably smaller than the 30鈥恗icrogram dose given to adolescents and adults.
• This dosage was carefully selected in order to safely provide children with protection against
  颁翱痴滨顿鈥�19.
• The vaccine for children will be administered with smaller needles.
• The Pfizer vaccine currently has full FDA approval for use in people 16 and over, and the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization government authorized emergency use for adolescents age 12鈥�15 in May of 2021. Now, children age 5鈥�11 can receive a Pfizer COVID鈥�19 vaccine, also under the same Emergency Use Authorization.
• Results of the clinical trials showed a excellent immune responses and robust antibody response and favorable safety outcomes to the reduced dose vaccine.
• Side effects seen during the clinical trials were mild and similar to those experienced in adolescents and adults.

The most important thing for parents to know is that the vaccines remain highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death due to 颁翱痴滨顿鈥�19. While most children with COVID鈥�19 experience mild symptoms, several hundred children have died from the disease in the United States, and thousands have been hospitalized. Another important reason for children to be vaccinated is to curb transmission of the virus to older and other vulnerable people, who are at greater risk of severe infection.

Results from clinical trials of vaccine use in children younger than 5 are expected at the end of the year.