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VACCINE MANDATE: California will require all students to get coronavirus vaccine when it gets full FDA approval

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state will require all schoolchildren to get vaccinated against coronavirus in the coming year, setting the stage for the nation’s most sweeping vaccine mandate for young people.

The mandate will take effect gradually after the Food and Drug Administration gives full approval to a coronavirus vaccine for younger children. None have been authorized yet, even under emergency status, for children under the age of 12.

At that point, it will become part of the slate of vaccines California requires children to get before stepping into classrooms. It will apply to any student who wants to attend school — public or private — in-person.

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