U.S. to let pharmacists vaccinate kids as lockdowns slash immunization levels

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the plan on Wednesday, as children across the country return to daycare, schools and colleges. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a report in May, documented a drop in child vaccination rates since lockdowns were imposed

- The U.S. government said on Wednesday pharmacists would be allowed to administer routine vaccines to children, calling a drop in immunization from lockdowns aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus a"public health threat."

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a report in May, documented a drop in child vaccination rates since lockdowns were imposed, raising concern about outbreaks of other diseases such as measles.

 

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