covid shots for kids
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just over 2,000 children between the ages of 5 and 11 years old, were vaccinated for COVID-19 between Dec. 1st and 3rd, according to the latest Health Department data, which was also part of the DoH presentation during a meeting this week with parents from the Western...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome vaccinated against COVID-19 — not just to protect her but to help stop the coronavirus from spreading and spawning even more dangerous variants.
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![Solome Walker, 9, looks down at her bandage after getting her first Pfizer COVID-19 shot at a vaccination clinic for young students at Ramsey Middle School on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 in Louisville, Ky. Scientists say vaccinating kids against COVID-19 should not only slow the spread of the coronavirus but also help prevent potentially-dangerous variants from emerging. Each new infection brings another opportunity for the virus to mutate and evolve dangerous new traits. [AP photo/Laura Ungar] Solome Walker, 9, looks down at her bandage](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/kid_shots.jpeg?itok=lE-THHeC)