The White House Reports That At Least 300,000 Children Under The Age Of 5 Have Received At Least One Coronavirus Vaccination Shots.
Within the US, roughly 310,000 children aged less than 5 have received at least one dose of the vaccine for Covid-19 since the CDC recommended it in March, a senior US White House official told CNN on Thursday. The official said this is good news, but is lower than some age groups.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization for Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for young children on June 17. The CDC's advisory committee on vaccines voted unanimously on June 18 to recommend administering Covid-19 vaccines to children as young as 6 months.
A senior White House official told CNN Thursday that the data was "very much in line" with the Biden administration's expectations for this age group, though it was significantly behind the pace of o...