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Ten US states of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Hawaii have reached the 70 percent vaccinated threshold, according to Biden administration officials. When I took office, we're averaging 184,000 cases per day nationwide.

Coronavirus Daily Briefing and Health Weekly Only the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE is cleared for use in minors, including teens aged 16 to 18.

Doctors and public health experts say it is important to vaccinate children, both to protect kids themselves as well as to build herd immunity in the wider population and help protect those who are immunocompromised who may be more vulnerable to getting Covid-19 even after getting vaccinated.

It typically takes a few weeks for the body to build immunity (protection against the virus that causes COVID-19) after vaccination.

Coronavirus Daily Briefing and Health Weekly Only the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE is cleared for use in minors, including teens aged 16 to 18.

Yes. All currently authorized and recommended COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, and CDC does not recommend one vaccine over another. The most important decision is to get a COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible. Widespread vaccination is a critical tool to help stop the pandemic.

Doctors and public health experts say it is important to vaccinate children, both to protect kids themselves as well as to build herd immunity in the wider population and help protect those who are immunocompromised who may be more vulnerable to getting Covid-19 even after getting vaccinated.

While children are at lower risk for severe illness than adults in general, 3.9 million cases of covid-19 and 308 deaths had been reported in the United States by mid-May. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends delaying travel until people are fully vaccinated.

It typically takes a few weeks for the body to build immunity (protection against the virus that causes COVID-19) after vaccination. That means it's possible a person could be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 just before or just after vaccination and still get sick.

"If safety and immunogenicity is confirmed, and pending agreement with and endorsement from regulators, we hope to receive authorization for vaccination of these younger kids by early 2022," Pfizer said on its website.

Results from monitoring efforts are reassuring. Some people have no side effects. Many people have reported only mild side effects after COVID-19 vaccination.

Serious side effects that would cause a long-term health problem are extremely unlikely following COVID-19 vaccination. Historically, if side effects are going to happen, they generally happen within six weeks of receiving a vaccine dose.