WH: Over 900K children will have gotten COVID vaccine by end of today
On Wednesday, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, Jeffrey Zients, announced that by the end of the day, over 900,000 children ages 5 to 11 will have gotten their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. There’s also an additional 700,000 appointments scheduled for children to get their first shot.
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- On vaccinations, our program for kids ages 5 through 11 is hitting full strength this week, with 20,000 trusted and convenient locations coming online. This includes pediatricians and family doctors offices, pharmacies, children's hospitals, community health centers, rural health clinics, and school-based clinics. While our program is just fully up and running this week, by the end of the day today, we estimate that over 900,000 kids ages 5 through 11 will have already gotten their first shot, and through pharmacies alone, 700,000 additional appointments are already on the calendar at local pharmacies.
