In response to reported trends of parents skipping normal well-child visits due to Covid-19 concerns with the result that childhood vaccines are not being administered, HHS Secretary Azur has issued an expansion of PREP Act immunity from liability to Pharmacists giving or supervising administering vaccines to children 3-18.\u00a0 The order adds them to the definition of covered professionals, subject to some conditions.<\/p>\n
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