President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited a Washington, DC, vaccination clinic on Tuesday where children under the age of 5 are being immunized against Covid-19 — part of the first cohort of young kids to be immunized against the virus following the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director’s sign-off.
Covid-19 vaccinations for children younger than 5 began Tuesday across the United States, with some 17 million kids in the under 5 age range becoming eligible for vaccines.
“Relief, isn’t it? Being able to do it?” the President asked the parents when he entered the room at the DC Health Covid-19 Center. “We’re the only country in the world doing this right now.”
“This is a great place for you all”, he told one young girl waiting for her vaccine at the clinic. “We’re going to beat this thing. You’ll be able to go anywhere you want.”
Later Tuesday afternoon, Biden will deliver remarks from the White House to discuss the newly authorized vaccines for children under 5 and talk about “the historic progress the country has made in fighting Covid-19 with safe, effective vaccines available to virtually all Americans”, according to the White House.
