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Kids get limited COVID protection from world’s most popular vaccines

First analyses of two Chinese-made vaccines in young children show that the shots do provide 60–65% effectiveness against hospitalization.
  1. Smriti Mallapaty

    1. Smriti Mallapaty is a senior reporter in Sydney, Australia.

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Three new studies offer a first look at how well some of the most widely used COVID-19 vaccines protect young children from the coronavirus1–3. The results — including data from toddlers as young as three years old — have prompted mixed responses among researchers about whether the vaccines should be recommended for use in kids.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01239-4

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