KSHB: Pandemic creates concerns for back-to-school safety

The pandemic is creating concerns of back-to-school safety as a growing number of children are hospitalized with COVID-19.

KSHB talked to Dr. Ginny Boos, Director of Infection Prevention at Saint Luke's Health System, about why masking is so important since children are not yet eligible to get the COVID vaccine.

Watch the story below.

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