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AZ Health Officials, Navajo Nation Offer Pfizer Vaccine To Children 12-15
Arizona health officials on Thursday began offering doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents between 12 and 15 years old. It comes after the Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, authorized the vaccine’s use for the younger demographic.
An estimated 43.1% of the state’s total population has been partially or fully vaccinated so far. Navajo Nation officials are hoping to vaccinate 5,000 adolescents by the weekend, according to President Jonathan Nez, who says his own 13-year-old son received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Thursday.