White House: 900K kids have gotten a COVID-19 shot

WASHINGTON — About 900,000 kids aged 5-11 volition person received their archetypal dose of the COVID-19 vaccine successful their archetypal week of eligibility, the White House said Wednesday.

Final clearance for the shots was granted by national regulators connected Nov. 2, with the archetypal doses to kids opening successful immoderate locations the pursuing day.

Shortly aft the vaccines' approval, White House COVID-19 effect squad coordinator Jeff Zients said it would instrumentality until the week of Nov. 8 for the vaccine organisation programme to scope afloat capacity.

On Wednesday, Zients confirmed that astir 20,000 pharmacies, clinics and physicians' offices are administering the doses. By the extremity of Wednesday, the White House estimates that much than 900,000 of the kid doses volition person been administered.

Zients added that "through pharmacies alone, 700,000 further appointments are already connected the calendar astatine section pharmacies."

Kids who statesman the two-dose regimen by the extremity of adjacent week volition person afloat extortion from the vaccines by Christmas.

The White House says that the U.S. inactive has capable doses connected manus to vaccinate each 28 cardinal children successful the state aged betwixt 5 and 11.