MISSION, Kansas: Parents, schools and vaccine clinics rushed to begin inoculating younger adolescents Tuesday after US regulators endorsed Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children as young as 12, a decision seen as a breakthrough in allowing classroom instruction to resume safely around the country. In Atlanta, 12-year-old Jane Ellen Norman got her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Tuesday morning. Parents, school administrators and public health officials elsewhere have eagerly awaited approval for the shot to be made available to more young people. Dr. Ryan McDonough, a pediatrician who oversees the Covid-19 vaccine clinics, said he has been deluged with calls from patients and texts from friends and relatives wanting to sign up their kids. Ekhaus said her boys, who are otherwise healthy, got Covid-19 in October and reported only minor symptoms.

Source: Manila Times May 11, 2021 21:45 UTC