News Only 27% of parents eager to have kids ages 5-11 vaccinated; states prepare for doses of pediatric Pfizer shots: COVID-19 updates October 28, 2021 Jorge L. Ortiz, Jeanine Santucci and Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Comments Off on Only 27% of parents eager to have kids ages 5-11 vaccinated; states prepare for doses of pediatric Pfizer shots: COVID-19 updates States are expecting to receive hundreds of thousands of pediatric doses of Pfizer's vaccine next week. Latest COVID news.