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On Wednesday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky backed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)'s recommendation that children ages 12 to 15 be vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and called on all providers to immediately immunize this sector of the population.
The official specified in a statement that, although most children with COVID-19 have mild symptoms or no symptoms, some can become seriously ill and require hospitalization.
She said there have also been rare, life-threatening cases of children dying from COVID-19 and its effects, including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C.
This official CDC recommendation follows the Food and Drug Administration's decision on Monday to authorize emergency use of the vaccine in adolescents ages 12 to 15, and is another important step toward getting out of the COVID-19 pandemic and toward a return to normalcy.