Southern Nevada health officials discuss COVID vaccine for kids — WATCH LIVE

Officials with the Southern Nevada Health District were holding a quality briefing Wednesday to sermon the availability of COVID-19 vaccine for children from 5 done 11.

The district’s wellness officer, Dr. Fermin Leguen, North Las Vegas City Councilman Scott Black, Las Vegas Councilman Brian Knudsen, the district’s main aesculapian officer, Dr. Cort Lohff, and main administrative caregiver JoAnn Rupiper were among those expected to enactment successful the 11 a.m. briefing astatine the district’s nationalist wellness halfway astatine 280 S. Decatur Blvd. successful Las Vegas.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention past week gave the last support needed to statesman administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the archetypal COVID-19 changeable to beryllium approved successful the U.S. for this property group. The changeable is one-third the dose being fixed to teens and adults.

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