About 300,000 children between 6 months and 5 years of age, or about 2% of the age group, have received the COVID-19 vaccine since it became available.
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to a 4-year-old child at the Brooklyn Children's Museum vaccination site. Photo: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Children under the age of 5 are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at a slower rate than other age groups,About 300,000 children between 6 months and 5 years of age, or about 2% of the age group, have received the COVID-19 vaccine since it became available,Fifteen percent of children ages 5 to 11 received the vaccine in the first three weeks after it was authorized, according to CNN.
There is also greater hesitancy about the need to vaccinate children, who are less likely to develop severe illness or die from COVID-19, the AP noted.
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