The mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio reacted on Wednesday to the authorization that the Food and Drug Administration gave yesterday to vaccines against covid-19 for children between 5 and 11 years old.
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De Blasio immediately communicated his action plan related to the COVID-19 vaccine for children, stating that vaccine sites administered by New York City will begin administering them to children ages 5 to 11 starting Thursday. He explained that this will give those children more than enough time to be fully protected before Christmas and to get some protection before Thanksgiving.
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“Tomorrow will be a historic day for this city in our fight against COVID by reaching out to our youngest New Yorkers,” the mayor said Wednesday.
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Starting Monday, de Blasio said that all public schools serving children ages 5 to 11 will have a dedicated vaccination day for newly eligible students. That equates to about 1,070 school vaccination sites during the week and about 200 school sites daily. All children will have the opportunity to receive a dose, he added.
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For his part, New York City Health Commissioner Dr. David Chokshi said the city “has already ordered 231,000 doses of pediatric vaccine, which will begin arriving in the city next week.” He also reported that they will be launching a public information campaign to address parents’ questions.
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“We are very, very excited about this,” de Blasio said, emphasizing that all children will have the opportunity to get vaccinated. “We are ready, potentially even by the end of next week, for these vaccinations to begin for our youngest New Yorkers.”
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Children’s vaccine against covid-19 received the green light on Tuesday
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The Food and Drug Administration authorized vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 on Tuesday. These doses are only one third of the amount given to adolescents and adults. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will recommend who should receive the FDA-approved vaccines.
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After months of high expectationsThe announcement was made by CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. This came just hours after an advisory panel unanimously decided that Pfizer vaccines should arrive. to the 28 million young people in that age group.
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The AP reported that millions of injections by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have already been shipped to states, doctors’ offices and pharmacies to be ready for the CDC’s decision.
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“Today is a monumental day in the course of this pandemic,” Walensky told the advisory panel as he began his deliberations early Tuesday.
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He said that while the risk of serious illness and death is lower in young children than in adults, it is real, and that Covid-19 has had a profound social impact, of mental and educational health in young people, including widening learning disparities.
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“There are kids in second grade who have never had a normal school year,” Walensky said. “Pediatric vaccination has the power to help us change all that.”
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Millions of injections by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have already been shipped to states, doctors’ offices and pharmacies, in orange caps, to avoid confusion with adult vaccine vials with purple caps.
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