Peru Approves Use Of Pfizer Vaccine For Teenagers - Health Minister

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published June 22, 2021 | 01:30 AM

BUENOS AIRES (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd June, 2021) Peru approved the use of Pfizer vaccine for teenagers, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said on Monday.

"Pfizer is one of few companies that has tested [the vaccine] on people at aged 12-18 and it showed its efficiency. The US has approved [the emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for teens already]...

We have approved it too as there is enough evidence [of the vaccine's efficiency]," Ugarte told Peruvian radio channel Exitosa.

Vaccinations for teenagers will begin after people in risk groups are inoculated, the minister added.

Over 6.1 million people received the first COVID-19 vaccine dose in Peru, while 2.36 million underwent the full vaccination. In addition to the Pfizer vaccine, the country approved the ones developed by AstraZeneca and China's Sinopharm.