NYC hits high COVID alert level as FDA authorizes Pfizer booster for kids
As NYC enters high COVID-19 alert level, the FDA authorized vaccine booster shots for kids 5-11 years old.
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May 17, 2022, 9:15 PM
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Updated 703 days ago
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York City was raised Tuesday to high alert level for COVID-19 transmission.
Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan is encouraging New Yorkers
to return to wearing masks indoors again.
The news comes the same day as the Food and Drug Administration's approval for a COVID-19 booster shot for children
ages 5 to 11. The booster is single-dose and can be administered five
months after a child receives their first shot.
The
FDA says that the decision to let this age group get the booster now came
because the Omicron wave saw more kids getting sick and
hospitalized. The FDA also said that COVID-19 is still less severe in children
than in adults.
