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The Pfizer / BioNTech Covid Vaccine – 19 can be used as an additional or booster dose for those who have previously received any of the drugs that have not been authorized by the United States .
This is marked by the new instructions issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for emergency use of the aforementioned vaccine.
Indicate that it can be used as an additional primary dose in people of 12 years or older, or as a booster dose for people aged 18 onwards, even when the primary vaccine is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) .
The agency has already given the green light to additional doses of this vaccine to in munodepressed, as well as adult booster doses with Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson. These new guidelines allow who have been vaccinated in another country or as part of a clinical trial, can have an additional dose or booster.
“For example, people who were vaccinated outside the United States or who participated in a clinical trial (such as the one in the AstraZeneca covid vaccine – 19, Novavax vaccine against covid – 19 or Sinopharm Covid Vaccine – 19) may be eligible to receive an additional primary dose and / or a booster dose ”, they indicate. Emergency Use Instructions are used to share information about approved products not listed or differing from FDA approved labeling.
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