Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who gave the pediatrics' vaccine the final clearance Tuesday night after an advisory panel had recommended them. The children's willingness to get the shots surely delighted Dr. “It didn’t hurt that much, but it kind of hurt,” she told The New York Times.Īfter getting vaccinated in New York, Zia Milli Bucci, 9, told CNN she was excited to go see "Hamilton" on Broadway. In Houston, Camryn Zoë Emanuel, 8, braved the pinch of the needle so she could start seeing her friends more often. “I’m ready to trash it,” he said of his face mask, adding that he's ready to smell things he couldn't with the face covering.ĭozens of locations around the country began administering first doses to kids on Wednesday, and hundreds more sites are expected to open in the coming days as the national push to vaccinate some 28 million elementary school-age children ramps up. Young children began receiving COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday in what was a moment of joy not only for their parents but the kids themselves.Ĭate Zeigler-Amon, 10, said she was "very, very, very excited and very happy" after getting her first dose at a drive-through vaccination site in Atlanta. Cate said she was ready to return indoors to eat at restaurants and have birthday parties "instead of having a freezing-cold outside birthday party."Ĭarter Giglio, 8, who is at a higher-risk for complications because of Type 1 diabetes, got his shot in Washington, D.C. Watch Video: COVID-19: What to know about vaccines for children 5-11
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