WASHINGTON: Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, said on Sunday he supports COVID-19 vaccine mandates for children attending schools as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to fuel a surge in cases in the nation.
Currently, children under 12 are not eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. But Fauci, in a separate interview on ABC's"This Week" program, said there should be enough data by early October for the US Food and Drug Administration to consider whether the shot is safe for children under that age. As schools re-open for the fall, the rise in coronavirus cases is already causing significant disruptions.
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