Getting younger kids vaccinated is one of the keys in slowing the spread of Covid-19.

Liz Healy, infection control specialist at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says the shots for kids ages five through eleven have been going well…

Healy says while kids may tolerate the virus better, they can spread it to others…

Healy says she hopes more parents feel confident with the vaccinations….

South Dakota has over twenty thousand active cases now, the highest total since the pandemic began almost two years ago.