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Children ages 5 to 11 who are "moderately to severely" immunocompromised should receive a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Canada's immunization advisory body.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) says that Canada is now in a fifth wave of the pandemic, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
The agency says that while the risk of serious outcomes for children who become infected with COVID-19 is still low, there is a rising number of children who are being hospitalized with serious symptoms as a result of the virus.
It recommends immunocompromised children receive a third dose of the vaccine four to eight weeks after their second dose.
NACI says it reviewed what is known about the Omicron variant, as well as "new and reassuring real-world safety data" on the use of Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots in children, when considering the new recommendation.
According to the statement, "moderately to severely immunocompromised" would include children with the following conditions:
NACI’s current recommendation for children who are not "moderately to severely" immunocompromised is two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, four to eight weeks apart.
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