An Auckland paediatrician is relieved that a promising new coronavirus vaccine will be tested on teens and children.
There are two vaccine candidates now offering hope, one made by Pfizer and the other by Moderna.
On Tuesday Moderna announced that preliminary data from the phase three trial of its coronavirus vaccine suggests it is 94.5 percent effective in preventing Covid-19.
Dr Jin Russell - a paediatrician at Starship Children's Hospital - says it's important to include teens and children in any vaccination programme, especially given the nature of multigenerational households within Aotearoa.
