Panama authorises Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for age 12 and above

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Panama's health ministry on Monday said it would allow the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 as emergency use for children 12 years old and older but gave no details on when it would start.

Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine is already authorised for those older than 16 years.