The administration of California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that its mandate for the COVID-19 vaccine for students will not be carried out until at least the summer of next year. In 2021, Golden State was the first to announce that it would require all school-age children to receive the vaccine. The order will allow exceptions for medical reasons and personal beliefs. COVID-19 CASES ARE INCREASING on the East Coast Newsom said it was awaiting final approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators to enforce the mandate. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone over the age of five be vaccinated against COVID-19 – and all ages 12 and older get boosted – the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 is the only approved vaccine or approved for emergency use in children aged 5 to 17 years. ARCHIVE – Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference in Auckland, California, on October 27, 2021. (AP Photo / Jeff Chiu, Archive) In addition, federal regulators have not yet given final approval for the use of the coronavirus vaccine to persons under 16 years of age. “Therefore, based on these two facts – we do not have full FDA approval and we recognize the implementation challenges that schools and school principals will face – that we are not going to have a vaccine requirement for schools next academic year and no earlier than in July 2023 “, explained in an interview the Minister of Health and Human Services of California, Dr. Mark Ghaly. PFIZER, BIONTECH WILL ASK THE FDA TO APPROVE THE AID COVID FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN AGE 5-11 California and Louisiana are the only states to have announced a vaccine mandate for K-12 schools, according to the National Academy of Health Policy. Washington, DC also has a mandate. As COVID-19 cases have declined since the onset of winter, government officials have lifted or eased most restrictions on the pandemic. Although almost 75% of Californians have been vaccinated, the rates for children aged 17 and under are much lower. State figures show that just under 34% of children aged 5-11 have been vaccinated, while just over 66.4% of children aged 12-17 have been vaccinated. A bill that would prevent students from using the exception of personal beliefs to avoid the vaccine is in the hands of Democratic Sen. Richard Pan. CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION “Until children ‘s access to COVID vaccination is significantly improved, I believe that a government policy to require COVID vaccination in schools is not an immediate priority, although it is an appropriate safety policy for many school districts in communities with good access to vaccines “. he on a release. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
