Biden admin kicks off 'nationwide effort' to get children vaccinated against COVID-19
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The Biden administration on Monday kicked off “a nationwide effort” to encourage schools, parents and guardians to vaccinate children against COVID, saying “vaccination is the best tool we have” to ensure students are safe, and that schools remain opened for in-person learning.
The letter comes just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 through 11 years old.
"Today, we reach out to you with encouragement for you to actively support the vaccination process for children in your state, territories, county, tribes, communities and schools,: they wrote. "This is a very exciting development and a significant opportunity to protect some of our youngest learners and our communities."
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