The Monroe County Health Department is preparing to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for young children once it is completely approved.
The Food and Drug Administration ok’d Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children aged 5-11 Friday afternoon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still need to authorize it before kids can start getting shots, though that could start as soon as next week.
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“We will be offering school clinics, office visits, there will be mobile clinics, pharmacies will have vaccine and your provider will be another option for you,” Monroe County Public Health administrator Penny Caudill said.
Kids 12 and up have been eligible for the Pfizer vaccine since May. The vaccine dose for those 11 and under is a third of the amount given to teens and adults. Like adults, kids will get two shots, three weeks apart.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
