Sean Wentling patted his little brother on the back Thursday as he walked toward a station at the former downtown library to receive his first COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the 12 to 15 age group earlier this week. Kansas officials signed off on its use for that age group Wednesday night, making roughly 160,000 children eligible to receive the shot starting Thursday, according to Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials. “This is an incredible step forward in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic,” KDHE Secretary Dr. Lee Norman said in a news release. “We are now able to protect our younger populations against this deadly disease.”
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