The state of Illinois is readying plans to vaccinate school-aged children younger than 12 against the coronavirus.

The Food and Drug Administration’s panel of advisors is scheduled to debate on Tuesday whether the Pfizer shots are ready for the country’s roughly 28 million children ages 5 to 11.

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