California officials today announced plans to vaccinate 3.5 million kids ages 5-11 against Covid as soon as next week. The state’s director of Health and Human Services Dr.
Mark Ghaly said at a news conference that the state expects to have 1.2 million doses on hand as it begins to inoculate pre-teens.
That rollout will depend on a few factors, however.An expert committee at the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended the authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for 5-11 year olds.
That advice now goes to FDA leadership which — if past is prologue — will likely agree in the next few days and its own recommendation to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for final approval.
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