The White House told governors to start preparing to vaccinate children as young as 5 by early next month in anticipation of clearance of Pfizer's Covid vaccine for the age group in the coming weeks, a White House official says.
Bridgette Melo, 5, holds the hand of her father, Jim Melo, during her inoculation with one of two reduced doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine during a trial at Duke University in Durham, N.C., on Sept. 28.WASHINGTON — The White House told governors to start preparing to vaccinate children as young as 5 by early next month in anticipation ofof Pfizer's Covid vaccine for the age group in the coming weeks, a White House official said.
The Biden administration has purchased 65 million pediatric doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, enough to vaccinate the estimated 28 million children who would be eligible should the Food and Drug Administration approve Pfizer's request to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11, said an official of the Department of Health and Human Services.an emergency request for authorization for children ages 5 to 11, and an FDA advisory committee plans to meet to discuss the request Oct. 26.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been working to enroll providers in the Covid vaccination program, and HHS is planning a messaging and outreach campaign to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated, the HHS official said. Vaccinations among children 12 and older have lagged those of adults, with just 55 percent of 12- to 15-year-olds having been at least partly vaccinated, along with 62 percent of 16- and 17-year-olds. That compares to more than 70 percent of adults over 40.
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