COVID-19 vaccines for kids as young as 6 months old will start shipping out over the weekend and are on track to arrive as soon as Monday, a spokesperson with the Department of Health and Human Services said.
A child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021.Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for kidsCDC Director Rochelle Walensky issued a recommendation for how doctors, nurses and pharmacists should administer the shots on Saturday.
Ten million doses were made available by the federal government to states for pre-ordering over the last few weeks. Of those, 3.8 million doses have been ordered so far, according to HHS, including 2.5 million Pfizer doses, about half of the doses available, and 1.3 million Moderna doses, about a quarter of the doses made available.
Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, said they are "grateful" to those who enrolled children in the clinical trial to make the authorization possible. MORE: Florida's decision not to preorder vaccines for young children will create access issues: White House Data from Moderna, which is a two-shot series, showed its vaccine was about 40% to 50% effective at preventing mild infections after both shots.
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