CDC: Children aged 5-11 now able to receive Covid-19 booster shots

October 15, 2022 - 11:16am | By Ty Schonert
Courtesy: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Courtesy: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(Bismarck, ND) -- COVID-19 boosters will be available for children ages 5 to 11 beginning next week.

The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services says an initial allocation of 56-hundred pediatric doses have been ordered.  Kids who have finished the primary doses at least two months ago are eligible.  More than 70 health care providers statewide will be administering the COVID boosters.

You can learn more about Covid-19 boosters by clicking here. 

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