The U.S. government is planning to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of 5 as soon as the end of the month.
, noting that current planning is for a sequenced rollout involving an initial total of approximately 10 million doses.
Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse Maggie Bass holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 - 11 on the right while in her left hand is a vial of the vaccine for adults, at the vaccination station next to Jackson State
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