COVID-19 vaccines for immunocompromised kids – but with first doses only approved for the five-to-11 age group late last year and a recommended eight weeks between doses, booster rollout is still a while off.In the Maritimes, the rollout of the even first and second doses of pediatric vaccine has been an uneven effort.New Brunswick opened eligibility to the five-to-11 age group on Nov.
23 of last year, doling out 30,000 first doses to kids in the nine weeks since for a 55.3 per cent first dose rate within the cohort.
Give immunocompromised kids 3 Pfizer COVID-19 shots for best protection: NACI Across the Confederation Bridge, P.E.I. opened eligibility three days later and has already given first doses to 64 per cent of five to 11-year-old Islanders.Neighbouring Nova Scotia hit 66 per cent Wednesday and it opened eligibility to the age group on Dec.
2, more than a week after New Brunswick.All three have been left in the dust by Newfoundland and Labrador, where 77.65 per cent of kids have had their first dose.