Greater than 900,000 American youngsters aged 5-11 are anticipated to have acquired their first COVID-19 shot by the top of Wednesday, White Home coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients stated, as the federal government ramped up vaccinations of youthful kids.
America on Wednesday started administering Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to kids ages 5 to 11, the newest group to change into eligible for the pictures that present safety towards the sickness to recipients and people round them.
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“Whereas our program is simply totally up and operating this week, by the top of the day right this moment, we estimate that over 900,000 youngsters aged 5 via 11 can have already gotten their first shot,” he stated throughout a briefing with reporters.
The determine comes from a White Home evaluation of obtainable information from pharmaceutical companions, some states, and localities, Zients stated, including the CDC has not but collected the complete tally.
COVID-19 is the most important vaccine-preventable killer of youngsters in that age group, with 66 kids dying from it over the previous yr, U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky stated on the similar briefing.
The seven-day common of complete COVID-19 instances within the U.S. was flat at about 73,300 over the previous week, she stated, with the hospitalization charge additionally flat at 5,000 a day. The seven-day common of each day deaths fell 11% to round 1,000 per day.
— Reporting by Susan Heavey, Alexandra Alper and Ahmed Aboulenein
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