White House: 10% of kids have been vaccinated in 1st 2 weeks

First lady Jill Biden hands out stickers to recently vaccinated children during a visit to a pediatric COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Children's National Hospital's THEARC on Wednesday in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

WASHINGTON — The White House says about 10% of eligible kids aged 5 to 11 have received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine since its approval for their age group two weeks ago.

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