CDC signs off on updated COVID boosters for kids 5 and up

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized the updated bivalent COVID-19 booster for younger children on Wednesday.
1:05 | 10/13/22

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THE ROADS WILL EASILY FILL WITH THIS WATER. >>> NEWS FROM THE CDC. THEY HAVE APPROVED THE UPDATED COVID BOOSTERS FOR KIDS AS YOUNG AS 5 AND TREVOR AULT IS AT A DRUGSTORE HERE. >> Reporter: IF PARENTS WANT TO ADD THAT EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION. GENE IS ABOUT TO BECOME ONE OF THE YOUNGEST AND NEWEST KIDS TO GET THIS OMICRON SPECIFIC BOOSTER SO THE CDC DIRECTOR HAS NOW SIGNED OFF ON KIDS AS YOUNG AS 5 GETTING THE PFIZER BOOSTER SHOT AND HE'S ALREADY GOT IT RIGHT HERE. YOU SEE HOW FAST THAT GOES, HE GOT THE MODERNA BOOSTER SPECIFICALLY TAILORED FOR THE OMICRON VARIANT. THE BA.5 SUBVARIANT IS STILL THE MOST DOMINANT. FEELING OKAY? NO PROBLEMS? SIMPLE AS THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU CAN TO COME OUT. KIDS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR TWO MAIN DOSES OF THE COVID SHOT CAN COME OUT AND GET IT. THEY'RE ELIGIBLE IF THEY GOT THOSE TWO AT LEAST TWO MONTHS AGO. SO FAR ONLY 31% OF KIDS 5 TO 11 HAVE HAD TWO DOSES BUT CAN ADD THAT EXTRA LAYER OF

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