First children get their Covid-19 vaccines
CDC unanimously voted 14-0 to recommended shot to 5-11-year-olds on Tuesday. Hartford Hospital in Connecticut started vaccinating children minutes after. Children will receive kid-size doses of the vaccine made by Pfizer/BioNTech. The Pfizer dose for children is only one-third of the original vaccine for adults and is given in two doses, three weeks apart.
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