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Coronavirus live updates and omicron variant news - The Washington Post

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy is seeking to reassure parents that the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for young children will be thoroughly reviewed, after the company’s submission to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency-use authorization this week.

“Please know that the FDA will not cut any corners in their review process. They know that they are the gold standard that all of us rely on,” Murthy said during a White House news briefing Wednesday.

The FDA requested that data from the two-dose trials be submitted to initiate a “rolling submission” process in hopes of expediting the rollout, according to a joint statement from Pfizer and BioNTech. The unusual approach has raised questions among some parents about whether they should rush to get their young children the shot as soon as it’s available. Only 22 percent of children ages 5 to 11 are vaccinated, according to Washington Post data.

The omicron variant wave in the United States has caused millions of families to struggle with unreliable child care, irregular school and day-care closures, quarantines and fears over their children getting infected. Regulators could approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s authorization request as early as the end of this month.

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  • The U.S. Army said Wednesday that it would immediately begin removing soldiers who have refused a coronavirus vaccination, a move that Army Secretary Christine Wormuth justified as necessary for military readiness.
  • A “significant element” from the United States has been involved in planning, funding and organizing the “Freedom Convoy,” a protest against vaccine mandates that has jammed the streets of Ottawa for days, local police say.
  • A tearful video posted on social media by a Belgian skeleton racer has drawn attention to covid troubles from within the Olympics community as the Beijing Winter Games open on Friday.
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