What to know about the pediatric vaccine rollout in the D.C. area
Beatriz Bach, 5, holds up her sticker after she got her vaccine at Bancroft Elementary School in Washington late last fall. The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Families are breathing a sigh of relief as the approval of a coronavirus vaccine for children younger than 5 — the only group without access to vaccination — seems closer than ever.
four weeks apart. Pfizer-BioNTech’s version, intended for children 6 months through 4 years old, will require three shots: the first two given three weeks apart, and the third doled out at least two monthsHow will the pediatric vaccines be distributed in D.C., Maryland and Virginia? The Washington Post asked state and local health officials.
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