CDC Director: Agencies Urgently Working on COVID-19 Vaccine for Younger Children

CDC Director: Agencies Urgently Working on COVID-19 Vaccine for Younger Children
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky during a hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on May 11, 2021. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky says the federal health agency is working quickly on a COVID-19 vaccine for younger children between the ages of 5 and 11.

“We’re waiting for the companies to submit the data to the FDA, we’re anticipating that will happen in the fall,” she told the “Today Show” on Sept. 13. “We will look at that data from the FDA, from the CDC, with the urgency that we all feel for getting our kids vaccinated and we’re hoping by the end of the year.”

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