As the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to spread across Canada, pediatricians say many parents and guardians of children under five want to know when and if a vaccine could soon come.
It’s still unknown when a COVID-19 vaccine could be offered to kids in this country, as drug manufacturers have yet to apply to Health Canada to provide a vaccine for this age group.
But pediatricians are looking at the United States, where the approval process is moving quickly, to get an idea of when a vaccine could be approved here.
Pfizer-BioNTech was asked by U.S. regulators last week to submit its vaccine
