About 300,000 children under 5 have received at least one Covid-19 shot, White House says
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Approximately 300,000 children under the age of 5 in the US -- about 2% of that age group -- have received at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine since it was recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, a senior White House official told CNN Thursday, a number the official says aligns with expectations, though is lower than other age groups.
The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization on June 17 for both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for young children. Vaccine advisers to the CDC voted unanimously on June 18 to support recommending Covid-19 vaccination for children as young as 6 months and vaccine administration began shortly after that.
A senior White House official told CNN Thursday's data was "very much in line" with the Biden administration's expectations for this age group, though it was significantly behind the pace of other age brackets.