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OTTAWA — The timing of the Omicron outbreak in Canada may have hurt the uptake of pediatric vaccines at a time when kids need them most. Child-sized doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine were approved for children aged five to 11 on Nov.
Government figures say only 42.5 per cent of kids between the ages of five and 11 have received their first dose, while children younger than five years old are not eligible.
As Omicron cases surge in Alberta, so does the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19.
Alberta's chief medical officer of health provides an update on COVID-19 and the ongoing work to protect public health.
Many Alberta parents have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 12 as regulators in Canada and the United States get closer to making a decision about whether to approve it.