The TGA has approved Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for 12 to 15-year-olds. 

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved the expanded booster regime, with a final decision to be made by the Australian Technical Group on Immunisation (ATAGI).

Pfizer boosters were approved for 16 and 17-year-olds earlier this year, but making them available to the younger cohort requires them to be included in the vaccine program, which is ATAGI’s responsibility. 

“ATAGI will provide advice shortly on whether this vaccine should be included in the [program] as the final step in the two green light approval process,” the TGA said.

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been available for 12 to 15-year-olds since the TGA and ATAGI approved them and added them to the jab rollout last year.

Over 52.3 per cent of eligible Australians aged 16 and over have had a booster shot.