⁍ Johnson & Johnson plans to start testing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in 12 to 18 year olds.
⁍ Depending on safety and other factors, the company plans to test in younger children afterwards.
– Johnson & Johnson says it plans to start testing an experimental vaccine on 12- to 18-year-olds as soon as possible, Reuters reports. “We plan to go into children as soon as we possibly can, but very carefully in terms of safety,” a company executive told a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-j-j/jj-plans-test-of-its-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-in-12-18-year-olds-soon-idUSKBN27F2HZ