New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday morning that the city’s public schools will start administering COVID-19 vaccines for 5- to 11-year-old students next week.
The Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine, which received endorsement from the U.S. Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will be available at all schools serving students age 5 to 11 during school hours starting Nov. 8, de Blasio said at a press conference.
