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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts â Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12.
The company released the preliminary findings Tuesday based on testing on more than 3,700 youths ages 12 to 17 in the United States.
There were no COVID-19 diagnoses in those given two doses of the Moderna vaccine compared with four cases among kids given dummy shots. In a press release, the company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, says the vaccine appeared 93% effective two weeks after the first dose.
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1of6From left. Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Jonathan Van Tam, Britain s Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency Dr Jenny Harries take part in a coronavirus media briefing in Downing Street, London, Wednesday May 19, 2021. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)Toby Melville/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of6A medical staff wearing a face mask walks outside a vaccination center in Kepong on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Malaysia unexpectedly imposed a one-month lockdown through June 7, spooked by a sharp rise in cases, more-infectious variants and weak public compliance with health measures.Vincent Thian/APShow MoreShow L
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Gathering restrictions are being imposed in Melbourne as authorities race to clamp down a small cluster of Covid-19 cases in Australiaâs second-most-populous city thatâs grown to at least nine cases.
Private gatherings in homes will be limited to five visitors per day from 6 p.m. Melbourne time on Tuesday, while public gatherings will be restricted to 30 people, Acting Premier James Merlino told reporters in Melbourne. Masks will be mandatory when indoors in public spaces for people aged 12 and older, including in workplaces.
The cluster comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrisonâs government is under increasing pressure to speed up the pace of the vaccine rollout, with about 3.6 million people in the nation of 26 million so far receiving their first jab.