{"id":34120,"date":"2022-06-02T21:16:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/if-cleared-covid-shots-for-youngest-children-could-be-available-on-june-21-white-house-says\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T21:16:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:16:26","slug":"if-cleared-covid-shots-for-youngest-children-could-be-available-on-june-21-white-house-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/if-cleared-covid-shots-for-youngest-children-could-be-available-on-june-21-white-house-says\/","title":{"rendered":"If Cleared, Covid Shots for Youngest Children Could be Available on June 21, White House Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A top Biden administration health official, anticipating that federal regulators will soon authorize coronavirus vaccines for children younger than 5, said Thursday that the first doses could become available as early as June 21, and that states, pharmacies and community health centers can begin ordering them from the Biden administration on Friday.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ashish Jha, President Biden’s coronavirus response coordinator, shared the timeline during an appearance in the White House briefing room. He cautioned that the preparations are contingent on Food and Drug Administration authorization of the doses for children six months through four years old, and a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No doses will be shipped until the FDA and the CDC sign off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be very clear that I am not here to prejudge the outcome of the process,\u201d Dr. Jha said. “But the administration is hard at work planning all sorts of scenarios based on whatever the outcome is.”<\/p>\n

The nation’s 18 million children under 5 are the last group of Americans for whom Covid vaccines are not available, and the frustration among many parents is palpable. Now, for the first time, they have a specific date, albeit a tentative one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n