Health officials discussing plans to get younger children vaccinated against COVID-19
As plans continue to get more Americans vaccinated by Independence Day, health officials are discussing vaccinating kids as young as five-years-old.
You have a chance to get your vaccine while doing a little shopping downtown this weekend. A spokesperson for Prisma Health says the medical group is partnering with the City of Columbia to provide vaccines at Saturday’s Soda City Market.
DHEC reports 119 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths in South Carolina.
In a speech on the eve of this year’s G-7 summit in Cornwall, England, Biden on Thursday will unveil plans for the U.S. to donate 500 million vaccine doses around the globe. Biden is expected to ask his fellow G-7 leaders to do more as well.
As plans continue to get more Americans vaccinated by Independence Day, health officials are discussing vaccinating kids as young as five-years-old.
On the vaccine front, DHEC officials say they have administered nearly 2 million first dose shots to South Carolinians since the first Pfizer shot was available in the state in December. During a meeting Wednesday, health officials say demand for vaccines have slowed down.
DHEC reports 162 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and seven new deaths in the state.
After more than 200 days in the hospital, a South Carolina man who recovered from a COVID-19 related coma has been released. Now, he and his family are enjoying this second shot at life.
Tests of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine started Monday in Louisiana for children ages 5 through 11.
DHEC reports 87 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths in the Palmetto State.
13 states now have 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19. The CDC reports about 51% of the total U.S. population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 42% of the population is fully vaccinated.