Now eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster, children ages 5-11 headed to vaccination sites across the Bay Area today to get the shot.
Several families NBC Bay Area spoke with said they made a booster appointment as soon as they saw the FDA approval come down.
A few students even got out of school for an hour or two to get their shot.“I have been on my phone trying to get registered for the last couple days," Jessica Shepherd, Zoe's mom, said."It just opened up this morning, so I tried to grab the first spot that I could."
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