Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday he has ended government guidance recommending healthy children and pregnant people receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Kennedy made the announcement in a video posted on X.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that, as of today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedule. … We’re now one step closer to realizing President Trump’s promise to make America healthy again.”

Despite Kennedy’s announcement, the CDC did not publish any information about changes to its vaccine schedule, which recommends COVID shots for infants of 6 months or older. Kennedy appears to have entirely sidestepped the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the CDC panel that normally handles such recommendations. The CDC is currently operating without an executive director. Kennedy’s announcement is likely to put COVID vaccines out of the reach of millions of people, because insurance companies will likely no longer pay for them. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists condemned the rollback of vaccine access, writing, “The science has not changed. It is very clear that COVID infection during pregnancy can be catastrophic and lead to major disability.”