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Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Pierluisi announced Wednesday that authorities will begin vaccinating children ages 5 to 11 against COVID-19 this week, and that being vaccinated will be a requirement to attend school in person, with few exceptions.
The Secretary of Health, Carlos Mellado, said that he anticipates that some 227,000 children will be vaccinated, with the goal of covering 95% of that demographic group.
So far, authorities say that nearly 87% of children ages 12-15 have been vaccinated against COVID-19. In general, more than 70% of the 3.3 million inhabitants of the island are already fully vaccinated.
Puerto Rico has reported more than 151,800 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 3,200 deaths.
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