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Children From Age 5 Could Receive Covid-19 Vaccine In US

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Awaiting regulator approval

Children as young as 5 could soon receive a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States.

The White House says 28 million vaccinations will be rolled out by Christmas, once regulators give their approval.

The inoculations could be administered at doctors surgeries, local pharmacies and potentially even at schools.

Peter Chin-Hong, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of California, says there is some opposition to the plan:

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