NYC schools start vaccinating children ages 5-11, but demand outpaces supply at some sites

NEW YORK — A New York City effort to vaccinate newly eligible kids ages 5 to 11 against the coronavirus through school-based vaccine clinics kicked off Monday morning — but ran into some early hiccups. At some schools, anxious parents spent hours waiting outside in the hopes of securing a vaccine dose for their elementary-aged kids, only to be told the clinic didn’t have enough supply. Parents at P.S. 8 in Brooklyn Heights began lining up at 6 a.m. for the city-run school vaccine distribution, with the line swelling to more than 100 at its biggest, one parent said. But city workers running the…

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