The US has authorised the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds amid a push to get the shot into more Americans' arms, APA reports citing BBC.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was "a significant step in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic".
FDA Commissioner Dr Janet Woodcock said the move was aimed at "bringing us close to returning to a sense of normalcy and to ending the pandemic".
Some 260 million doses have been given in the US, but demand has been falling.
Ms Woodcock added in her statement: "Parents and guardians can rest assured that the agency undertook a rigorous and thorough review of all available data, as we have with all of our Covid-19 vaccine emergency use authorisations."
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