Most of the Bay Area is off to a solid start vaccinating younger children — promising news as pediatric COVID-19 infections across the country rise, increasing by almost one-third in the past two weeks, according to a recent report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. State data shows that six Bay Area counties — Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo and Contra Costa — have the highest vaccination rates in the state for the 5- to 11-year-old age group, ranging from 26% to 51% with at least one dose. That's significantly higher than the statewide vaccination rate of 13.5% for that group. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine got the final sign-off from federal officials for children 5 to 11 on Nov. 2, and Bay Area providers began offering shots to that age group the next day. Officials are praising the relatively brisk uptake so far in the Bay Area, calling it a key piece of increasing the overall community vaccination rates — which, along with boosters, will help avert the hospital overloads seen during last winter's dire surge. Vaccinating children is also the linchpin to lifting most Bay Area mask mandates. Eight of the region's nine counties reinstated universal… Read full this story
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