U.S. buys 50 million Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses for kids

[October 28, 2021]    (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Thursday they expect to deliver 50 million more doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. government by April-end, as the country prepares for vaccinating children.

A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

(Reporting by Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)

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