900,000 Children 5-11 Have Gotten Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine: White House

A nurse volunteering at the University of Washington Medical Center gives the first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a 7-year-old girl in Seattle, Wash., on Nov. 9, 2021. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo

The rollout of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for young children is going well, with over 1.6 million either getting it already or scheduled to get it, Biden administration officials said in a virtual press briefing on Wednesday.

Over 900,000 children between the ages of 5 and 11 will have gotten a shot of the vaccine by the end of the day, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeffrey Zients said.