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The Saudi Food and Drug Authority on Monday approved the Moderna vaccine for children aged between 6 and 11 as part of its continuing efforts against the Covid-19 pandemic. Moderna was approved in the kingdom in July 2021 for people over the age of 18. But the SFDA has now approved it for youngerpeople after its positive results.
Children between the ages of 5 and 11 were given their first official dose of the approved Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in December last year.
Approval for the Moderna vaccine was passed on April 6.
Saudi Arabia has recorded 753,526 coronavirus cases and 9,079 deaths. The country recorded 109 new cases and one death on Monday.
More than 99 per cent of the adult population has been vaccinated in the country, as the cases have dropped to less than 4 per cent.
The kingdom's Health Ministry has updated Covid-19 related travel requirements.
Travellers arriving in Saudi Arabia no longer have to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19 or negative PCR [...]
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Who are The National News?The National News (formerly thenational.ae) is a prominent English-language daily newspaper based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Relaunched as a multi-platform digital and print organization, it provides comprehensive coverage of local, regional, and international news, spanning politics, business, culture, and lifestyle.
What is Saudi Arabia?Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is a country in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. With a land area of approximately 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest sovereign state in the Middle East, the 2nd largest in the Arab world (after Algeria), the 5th largest in Asia, and the 12th largest in the world. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast and Yemen to the south; most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland and mountains. As of October 2018, the Saudi economy was the largest in the Middle East and the 18th largest in the world. Saudi Arabia also enjoys one of the world's youngest populations; 50% of its 33.4 million people are under 25 years old.
What is Coronavirus?Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections that are typically mild, such as the common cold, though rarer forms such as SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 can be lethal. Symptoms vary in other species: in chickens, they cause an upper respiratory tract disease, while in cows and pigs they cause diarrhea. There are yet to be vaccines or antiviral drugs to prevent or treat human coronavirus infections.
Who are Children?A child or children, is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, in this case as a person younger than the local age of majority, regardless of their physical, mental and sexual development as biological adults. Children generally have fewer rights and responsibilities than adults.
Who are moderna?Moderna, Inc. is an American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is globally recognized for pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines. The company's name is a portmanteau of the words "modified" and "RNA" (while also spelling out "modern").
What is Vaccine?A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins. The agent stimulates the body's immune system to recognize the agent as a threat, destroy it, and to further recognize and destroy any of the microorganisms associated with that agent that it may encounter in the future. The administration of vaccines is called vaccination. Vaccination is the most effective method of preventing infectious diseases; widespread immunity due to vaccination is largely responsible for the worldwide eradication of smallpox and the restriction of diseases such as polio, measles, and tetanus from much of the world.
