Pedro Pierluisi, the governor of Puerto Rico, announced Wednesday that all school children aged 5 and older are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend school. Pierluisi claimed that few exceptions will be granted because the vaccines have been given approval for children from 5 to 11, according to The Associated Press. Health Secretary Carlos Mellado said that the goal was to get 95 percent of 5 to 11-year-olds fully vaccinated, or around 227,000 children. Currently, around 87 percent of children between 12 and 15 have been inoculated. The island with a a population of 3.3 million has so far reported around 219,000 COVID-19 cases, with 3,244 deaths. On Nov. 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that all 28 million children in the United States between 5 and 11 get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Exceptions include those who have had severe allergic reactions to …