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Utah children, 12-to-15, could start getting the COVID-19 vaccine by week’s end, a leading pediatrician says

Some 215,000 Utah kids will become eligible for the Pfizer version of the vaccine.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Parker Manning, 16, a student at Woods Cross High School, looks at his Pfizer vaccination card after receiving his first shot from Pharmacist Shannon Stoker at a pop-up clinic by Nomi Health, April 27, 2021. County and regional health districts are setting up vaccination clinics in high schools, to get the COVID-19 vaccine to 16 and 17-year-olds. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Pfizer vaccine for kids 12-to-15 on Monday, May 10, 2021 — and shots could be going into children's arms by the end of the week.