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White House: Half of U.S. Teens Have Gotten At Least One Covid Shot
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August 27, 2021
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Aug 27, 20210:53Now PlayingBiden administration officials say that half of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 17 have gotten at least their first COVID-19 vaccine.
“We have now hit a major milestone,” White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters at a Friday briefing. “This is critical progress as millions of kids head back to school.”
The vaccination rate among teenagers is growing faster than among any other age group, he added.
Among Americans of all age groups, 61% or nearly 203 million people, have received at least one shot. Vaccines are not yet authorized for children younger than 12.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that more U.S. states are seeing an increase in hospitalizations, with a rising toll of COVID-19 on children.
The CDC has recently put out guidance for schools to protect children from the transmission of the coronavirus.
Walensky said most of the places where we are seeing surges and outbreaks are in places "that are not implementing our current guidance.”
Walensky said the best way to protect the youngest children until they become eligible to get their shots is for the people around them to be vaccinated, “to effectively shield them.”
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