The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has given provisional approval for the Pfizer COVID vaccine to be administered to children aged 5-11yo, with 2.3 million youngsters becoming eligible. Next stop: approval by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). Now that you’re all brushed up on your official health body acronyms, here are some more technical details… Health Minister Greg Hunt says he expects jabs will start rolling on from 10 January – and because it comes in at a 3rd the size of what everyone else gets, steps are being taken to ensure there’s no mix-up. Doses will be “clearly differentiated by being dispensed from orange-capped vials instead of grey or purple-capped vials,” Hunt said yesterday. Looking at the current run-rate, 88% of Aussies aged 16yo+ are fully vaccinated. And Hunt says 76.6% of the 12-15yos have had at least one dose.