Physicians are urging parents who have adopted a wait-and-see approach to vaccinating their young children against COVID-19 to get the shot before school resumes, when kids will again be in close qu.
During the first week that COVID-19 vaccines were available to children younger than five, 2,811 kids in that age group received their first dose in Connecticut, state data show.
“It’s going to take time with this rollout. We anticipate this is going to be ongoing throughout the course of the summer and into the fall,” said Michael Bolduc, vaccine coordinator for the state’s immunization program with the state Department of Public Health. “It will take time for the impact of this new recommendation to take hold.”
Connecticut health officials are poised to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine to the last remaining age group that has been unable to get it: children ages 6 months to 4 years old.