1 Additionally, as of June 12, 2022, over 5.1 million cases occurred among children ages 5 – 11 years and more than 5.6 million cases occurred among adolescents ages 12 – 17 years. Is the problem of public health importance?Īs of June 14, 2022, there were more than 85 million total recorded cases of COVID-19 in the United States. Following FDA’s regulatory action, CDC expanded eligibly of COVID-19 vaccines to individuals ages 6 through 17 years on June 23, 2022.Īdditional background information supporting the ACIP recommendation on the use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for individuals ages 6 through 17 years can be found in the relevant publication of the recommendation referenced on the ACIP website. The FDA also authorized a 3rd primary series dose to individuals ages 6 through 17 years with certain kinds of immunocompromise. On June 17, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a 2-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccine primary series for administration to individuals ages 6 through 17 years for prevention of COVID-19. This is likely related to inequities in social determinants of health that put racial and ethnic minority groups at increased risk for COVID-19, including income disparities, reduced access to healthcare, or higher rates of comorbid conditions.
Non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native persons have experienced higher rates of disease, hospitalization and death compared with non-Hispanic Whites. A disproportionate burden of COVID-19 infections and deaths occur among racial and ethnic minority communities, including among children and adolescents. While children <18 years of age infected with SARS-CoV-2 are less likely to develop severe illness compared with adults, children and adolescents are still at risk of developing severe illness and complications from COVID-19 and contribute to transmission in households and communities. Persons of all ages are at risk for infection and severe disease. In the United States, more than 85 million cases and more than 1,000,000 COVID-19-associated deaths have been reported as of June 16, 2022. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in late 2019 has led to a global pandemic with dramatic societal and economic impact on individual persons and communities.
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