COVID-19 clinical trials for children to check for safety and effectiveness are underway. And 7News' Adrianna Hopkins spoke to a local mom who enrolled her kids in the trial at Children's National Hospital.
Children under the age of 12 aren't eligible to receive a vaccine but Charisse Vickerie tells Hopkins she wanted to give her kids, 4-year-old Charleigh and 1-year-old Mira, a head start on COVID protection. Vickerie says three of her family members in New York died of COVID-19 complications.
Hopkins spoke to the principal investigator of the trial for insight on what a vaccine for kids under 12 could look like.
A Pfizer spokesperson says under the "best-case scenario" a vaccine for kids between 5-11 could be available by Halloween.
According to the FDA, parents shouldn't seek out a vaccine for kids under 12 until they're approved.
Hopkins talked to Dr. Bernhard Wiedermann, the principal investigator for the COVID vaccine trial at Children's National Hospital, to find out how the trial is going so far and if there have been any adverse reactions for the 80 kids in the trial.
You can watch Hopkins' full story at 5 p.m. Tuesday on 7NewsDC.