US First Lady Jill Biden pushes Covid-19 vaccine for young kids in school visit
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US First Lady Jill Biden on Monday (Nov 8) visited a school in Virginia to promote vaccinations for five- to 11-year-olds, the latest effort in the White House’s push to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
US President Joe Biden’s wife, a university professor, was the first senior personality sent out to advocate for the vaccine since it was approved for younger children in the United States on Nov 2.
Visiting Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia, not far from Washington, Dr Biden handed out stickers to pupils who had already been vaccinated and encouraged the audience to applaud them.
But her message was mainly directed at parents in a school that was, according to the White House, the first in the US to administer the polio vaccine in 1954.
“Nothing is more important than our children’s health,” she said. “It’s up to us to keep them safe – and with this vaccine, we can.”
Some 28 million children aged between five and 11 are now eligible to receive Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine in the United States.
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