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. 2022 May;28(5):986-989.
doi: 10.3201/eid2805.220166. Epub 2022 Feb 28.

Disparities in First Dose COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Children 5-11 Years of Age, United States

Neil Chandra Murthy, Elizabeth Zell, Hannah E Fast, Bhavini Patel Murthy, Lu Meng, Ryan Saelee, Tara Vogt, Kevin Chatham-Stephens, Christina Ottis, Lauren Shaw, Lynn Gibbs-Scharf, LaTreace Harris, Terence Chorba

Disparities in First Dose COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Children 5-11 Years of Age, United States

Neil Chandra Murthy et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 May.

Abstract

We analyzed first-dose coronavirus disease vaccination coverage among US children 5-11 years of age during November-December 2021. Pediatric vaccination coverage varied widely by jurisdiction, age group, and race/ethnicity, and lagged behind vaccination coverage for adolescents aged 12-15 years during the first 2 months of vaccine rollout.

Keywords: BNT162 vaccine; COVID-19; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; United States; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; disparities; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccination coverages; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses.

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Figure 1
Daily and cumulative totals of the number of children 5–11 years of age who received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer Inc., https://www.pfizer.com) by date of vaccination and age group, United States, November 2–December 31, 2021.
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Figure 2
Percentage of vaccination coverage among children 5–11 years of age who received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer Inc., https://www.pfizer.com), by jurisdiction, United States, November 2–December 31, 2021.
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