Just A Pinch : Hawaii Children Line Up To Get A COVID-19 Vaccine - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii kicked off the next phase of its COVID-19 vaccine campaign to include preteens. Reading time: 4 minutes.
Thirteen-year-old Rylan Hayes seized the opportunity to be one of the first kids in Hawaii to get a COVID-19 shot Wednesday after federal health authorities gave final approval to lower the age of eligibility for the Pfizer vaccine to 12.
After more than a year of online classes and missing friends, the shot was a relief for both Hayes and his mother.
“I told him I was going to cry; I was so excited,” Jennifer Hayes said, placing her arm around her son outside of The Queen’s Health Systems vaccine clinic at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu. “It’s such a relief to get this.”