COVID-19 will be added to immunization schedule for schools, recommending the vaccine, not mandating

On Thursday, a CDC Advisory Committee met for the second day in a row to discuss routine vaccination. On the agenda was whether COVID-19 should be added to immunization schedules. The independent advisers voted 15-0 to add most COVID-19 vaccines offered in the United States to the childhood, adolescent and adult immunization schedules. The schedules are updated every fall before going into effect the next year.