| The U.S. vaccination program for children ages 5 to 11 will be "running at full strength" next week, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said during a virtual briefing Monday.
“While vaccinations may start later this week, the program will still be ramping up to its full strength, with millions more doses packed, shipped and delivered and thousands of additional sites coming online each day,” Zients said, adding that 15 million child-sized doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine already are being transported from Pfizer’s freezers and facilities to distribution centers.
“So, starting the week of Nov. 8, the kids’ vaccination program will be fully up and running,” Zients said. “Parents will be able to schedule appointments at convenient sites they know and trust to get their kids vaccinated. And the number of sites will continue to increase throughout the month as more vaccine sites open their doors to administer vaccine.”
Last week, Pfizer's vaccine for younger children received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the CDC vaccine advisers met Tuesday to consider whether to recommend its use for kids.
Pfizer's shot for children is reformulated at one-third of its adult dose and re-packaged with a new orange top to make sure it's not confused with adult vaccines.
The Biden administration has secured enough vaccine supply for 28 million children ages 5 to 11 and will help provide doses to more than 25,000 pediatric and primary care offices, hundreds of community health centers and rural health centers, along with tens of thousands of pharmacies to administer the vaccine, the White House said. | 
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