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Uruguay suspends COVID vaccination for children under 13

A youth holds a sign that reads in Spanish "Don't vaccinate children" amid a protest outside the Supreme court during a hearing where the government and Pfizer are to give more detailed information on COVID-19 vaccines for children, which was requested by a national, administrative court, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Meanwhile, the vaccination of children over age five is voluntarily and ongoing. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico) A boy holding a giant, mock syringe that reads in Spanish "sovereignty" attends a protest outside the Supreme court during a hearing where the government and Pfizer are to give more detailed information on COVID-19 vaccines for children, which was requested by a national, administrative court, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Meanwhile, the vaccination of children over age five is voluntarily and ongoing. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico) Demonstrators hold signs that read in Spanish "Children are not an experiment," right, and "For the truth and justice, thank you Doctors Dentone and Recarey," outside the Supreme court during a hearing where the government and Pfizer are to give more detailed information on COVID-19 vaccines for children, which was requested by a national, administrative court, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Meanwhile, the vaccination of children over age five is voluntarily and ongoing. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Uruguay suspends COVID vaccination for children under 13