WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s administration is working to equip schools across the country to serve as vaccination sites to help inoculate children from COVID-19 more quickly and ease the burden on parents.
With children ages 12 and up eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine as of this week, the administration says it is assisting pharmacies and community health centers that are offering clinics at or near schools wherever feasible as part of a shift in strategy that puts added emphasis on making vaccine access more convenient.
“Schools are the center of these kids’ lives and their families’ lives, and we see them as a critical component of getting this group vaccinated,” Sonya Bernstein, the White House’s COVID-19 senior policy adviser, said in an interview.
