Newsom Orders 400,000 COVID Vaccines, Encourages Them for Children

California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds up a vial of the new COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 14, 2020. Jae C. Hong/Pool/Getty Images

Calfornia Gov. Gavin Newsom pre-ordered June 19 nearly 400,000 doses of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to be administered at 8,500 vaccine sites in the state.

This comes on the same day a group of scientists submitted a review to Newsom and unanimously concluded that vaccines are “safe and effective” for children as young as six months old.