WASHINGTON - About 900,000 kids aged 5 to 11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said Wednesday, providing the first glimpse at the pace of the school-aged vaccination campaign.Final clearance for the shots was granted by federal regulators on Nov.
2, with the first doses to kids beginning in some locations the following day.The estimated increase in vaccinations in elementary school age children appears similar to a jump seen in May, when adolescents ages 12 to 15 became eligible for shots.RELATED: FDA panel endorses Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11Now nearly 20,000 pharmacies, clinics and physicians' offices are administering the doses to younger kids,.