White House releases plans on vaccinating kids aged 5 to 11

The Biden Administration connected Wednesday released much details astir its program to administer vaccines to children aged betwixt 5 and 11 upon their support for exigency use.

According to CNN, the Biden medication has capable doses connected manus to vaccinate each kid aged betwixt 5 and 11 successful the U.S.

Unlike the archetypal vaccine rollout successful the spring, the White House says it volition not employment wide vaccination sites. Instead, some CNN and The New York Times study that officials volition enactment with wellness networks crossed the state to get doses into doctor's offices, schoolhouse and agrarian wellness clinics and children's hospitals.

Officials with the White House COVID-19 effect squad volition supply much specifics Wednesday successful a virtual briefing acceptable to statesman astatine 8:45 am. ET.

Details astir the White House's plans were released conscionable weeks aft Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration to o.k. a smaller dose of its COVID-19 vaccine for usage successful children betwixt the ages of 5 and 11 for emergency use.

According to The New York Times, the FDA volition conscionable to sermon the exertion connected Oct. 26 aft which it could contented a ceremonial proposal wrong days. That would wide the mode for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, to contented their ain recommendations.

Should each bureau contented timely recommendations, younger children could commencement receiving doses by aboriginal to mid-November.

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has been afloat approved by the FDA for everyone aged 16 and up. The shots are besides disposable for adolescents betwixt the property of 12 and 15 connected an exigency usage basis.