CDC director signs off on child doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, allowing millions of kids ages 5 to 11 to receive their shots now
If the CDC approves vaccines for younger kids, this is where they'll be able to get themThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is meeting now to discuss the US Food and Drug Administration’sIf ACIP recommends the vaccines and the CDC director signs off, vaccination could begin immediately for that age group.The same places they get flu vaccines – their pediatricians' offices, at local pharmacies and perhaps at some schools.
"We're trying to get pediatricians enrolled and that's a major strategy," Claire Hannan, executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers, told CNN's Jacqueline Howard. The kids' vaccine is expected to be shipped in packages of 100 doses, which is much smaller than the packages of 1,170 doses used for the adult vaccines.
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