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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Aged 12–15 Years — United States, May 2021

Abstract

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (BNT162b2) vaccine is a lipid nanoparticle-formulated, nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine encoding the prefusion spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine consists of 2 intramuscular doses (30 μg, 0.3 mL each) administered 3 weeks apart. On December 11, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) …

Authors

Wallace M; Woodworth KR; Gargano JW; Scobie HM; Blain AE; Moulia D; Chamberland M; Reisman N; Hadler SC; MacNeil JR

Journal

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 70, No. 20, pp. 749–752

Publisher

Centers for Disease Control MMWR Office

DOI

10.15585/mmwr.mm7020e1

ISSN

0149-2195