Updated COVID-19 boosters roll out in Illinois
Chicago leaders are urging residents now eligible for new, updated COVID-19 boosters to grab them to help prevent another surge of the illness.
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Chicago leaders are urging residents now eligible for new, updated COVID-19 boosters to grab them to help prevent another surge of the illness.
Within days of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control approving vaccine courses for children six-months through 4 years old, area hospitals, pediatricians and health care centers are beginning to put those doses in children’s arms.
Children under 5 are expected to be able to receive their COVID vaccines next week in Chicago following federal approval of shots by Moderna and Pfizer.
Uncertainty remains about how some young Illinois children will get the shots considering that Illinois pharmacists aren’t allowed to vaccinate children under 3, many schools are closed for the summer
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers whether to approve vaccines for children younger than 5 this week