been hospitalized from the virus, we get our report on all of it tonight from nbc news correspondent tom costello. just minutes after the cdc approved the pfizer children s vaccine last, night kids were rolling up their sleeves. i can be back to normal in my classroom. with doses arriving by the hour, hospitals and clinics nationwide are in full vaccination mode. a children s national hospital in d.c., this eight-year-old with type one diabetes, was among the first at risk kids to get the shot. with therapy dog barney by his side. good job. since day one of the pandemic, his parents have limited his exposure to other kids. we do everything we can to protect their kids, but it s been 600 long days, and things can start to come back to normal. in houston texas children s hospital, working more than 36,000 appointments, to vaccinate 5 to 11 year olds. it kind of hurts a little
with type one diabetes was among the first at risk kids to get the shot with therapy dog barney by his side all done. good job reporter: since day one of the pandemic, his parents have limited his exposure to other kids. we do everything we can to protect our kids, but it s been 600 long days, and and things can start to go back to normal. reporter: in houston, texas children s hospital working through more than 36,000 appointments to vaccinate 5 to 11-year-olds. it kind of hurt, i guess. reporter: cameron emanuel with her mom, sonja. my whole family has been fully vaccinated, and so she was the last one that had not been. reporter: but a recent kizer family study found most parents won t get their kids immediately vaccinated many concerned about potentially unknown side effects. i let him get vaccinated for all the other things, but this i just don t trust. reporter: but today the cdc director
julio was among the first at risk kids to get the shot with therapy dog barney by his side. since day one of the pandemic his parents limited his exposure to other kids. we do everything we can to protect the kids. it has been 600 long days. things can start to get back to normal. reporter: in houston, texas children s hospital working through 36,000 appointments to vaccinate 5 to 11-year-olds. cameron with her mom. our whole family has been fully vaccinated. she was the last one that had not been. reporter: a recent family study found most parents won t immediately get their kids vaccinated, many concerned about unknown side-effects. i let him get vaccinated for all of the other things. this i just don t trust. reporter: the cdc director,
the cdc approved the pfizer children s vaccine, kids were rolling up their sleeves. i can be back to normal in my classroom. reporter: with doses arriving by the hour, hospitals and clinics nationwide, were opening them. this boy got his shot with therapy dog barney by his side. since day one of the pandemic, his parents have limited his exposure to other kids. we do everything we can to protect our kids, but it s been 600 long days, and things can finally come back to normal. reporter: in houston, working through 36,000 appointments to vaccinate 5- to 11-year-olds. it kind of hurt, i guess. reporter: cameron emmanuel with her mom soja. our whole family had been