Australia is expected to approve Pfizer vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 by the end of 2021, according to Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly. “The TGA has received their advice from Pfizer. In terms of an application for that age group, they are going through that process,” Kelly told the ABC on Tuesday. “That is a really important factor that will come through in the coming weeks, by the end of the year.” With the country’s full vaccination rate for people aged 16 and above reaching 80 percent, the government has now shifted its attention to kids. Australia “may well be one of the first countries in the world to begin the 5 to 11s as we’ve done with the booster program,” Health Minister Greg Hunt said. Hunt confirmed that the plan is currently going through the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the medical regulator, and then through the Australian …