Adolescents aged 12-17 to get Pfizer vaccines

The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme will now be open to those aged 12 to 17.

According to the new Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force-Adolescents (CITF-A), the new programme will involve the Comirnaty vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech.

The goal is to administer one dose to 60 percent of those in this age group by November...