Parents Call It ‘An Honor’ After 8-Month-Old Becomes One of Youngest in World To Receive COVID Vaccine

A couple in Baldwinsville, New York, said it was “an honor” to enroll their baby in a COVID drug trial.

At 8 months old, Enzo Mincolla is one of the youngest people in the world to receive two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, according to WSYR-TV.

Enzo received his first shot at the ripe old age of 7 months as Pfizer conducts trials in multiple places across the U.S. to determine the impact of its vaccine on children. The CDC does not at this time recommend a COVID vaccine for children under 12 years old.

“Children under 18 make up 85 million people in U.S. – about 20 percent of the population,” Dr. Yvonne Maldonado of Stanford University told ABC News. Stanford is another site testing babies. “Getting them vaccinated is a major contribution to reducing transmission of virus.”

In the Syracuse-area trial at Upstate Medical University, Enzo is the youngest participant, according to Dr. Joseph Domashowske, an Upstate pediatric infectious disease doctor and the trial’s principal investigator, the Syracuse Post Standard reported.

Enzo’s parents, both doctors