California officials today announced plans to vaccinate 3.5 million kids ages 5-11 against Covid as soon as next week. The state’s director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly said at…
as soon as next week. The state’s director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly said at a news conference that the state expects to have 1.2 million doses on hand as it begins to inoculate pre-teens. That rollout will depend on a few factors, however.the authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for 5-11 year olds.
California has its own vetting process through the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup, public health experts from California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington who are analyzing federal findings for those states. Their consideration usually takes 24-48 hours, after which time Dr. Ghaly and other state health officials will make the final determination on the administration of the vaccine to pre-teens.
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