McKee: COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 12 coming to R.I. within weeks

Marc Larocque

10/14/2021

GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE OUTLINED PLANS to vaccinate 80,000 children between 5 and 11 years old for COVID-19 in Rhode Island during a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, at Providence Children's Museum. / PBN FILE PHOTO

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Department of Health are outlining plans to vaccinate 80,000 children between 5 and 11 years old for COVID-19 in Rhode Island, with an expectation that the federal government will approve the use of Pfizer’s vaccine for kids in that age range by mid-November. However, McKee remains…

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