Here’s where children ages 5-11 can get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

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Florida did not pre-purchase doses of child-size vaccine, but retailers are accepting appointments for younger children to get vaccinated

Florida did not pre-purchase doses of child-size vaccine, but retailers are accepting appointments for younger children to get vaccinated.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As much locations connection COVID-19 booster shots, children ages 5 to 11 tin get vaccinated successful Florida starting Friday.

While some young children got the shots arsenic aboriginal arsenic Tuesday, erstwhile U.S. wellness officials gave the last signoff to Pfizer’s child-size COVID-19 shot, that was not the lawsuit successful Florida. Many states crossed the state similar Texas had pre-purchased child-sized doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and were acceptable to spell erstwhile the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the go-ahead. But erstwhile News4Jax asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis connected Thursday if the authorities had pre-purchased immoderate child-sized doses up of time, helium said: “There’s nary shortage of availability oregon immoderate of that, but it’s not thing that the authorities is administering astatine this point.”

Though Florida did not pre-purchase doses similar different states, further retailers person announced they are accepting appointments for young children to get vaccinated.

Starting Friday, immoderate Publix locations volition commencement offering the shots for younger children. News4Jax recovered appointments for Publix locations successful Duval County but could not find immoderate disposable successful different counties astir Northeast Florida arsenic of Thursday.

On Saturday, Walgreens, Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores crossed Florida and Georgia volition commencement administering pediatric doses.

CVS will commencement connected Sunday.

Walmart and Sam’s Club said it volition beryllium disposable astatine their pharmacies aboriginal this week, though News4Jax couldn’t find immoderate appointments successful our country close now.

Here's erstwhile these retailers volition statesman administering child-size doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. (WJXT)

This month, Duval County Public Schools, successful concern with the Florida Department of Health successful Duval County, volition beryllium holding a time of vaccination events for children property 5 and older. On Nov. 12, the Pfizer vaccine volition beryllium offered from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. astatine First Coast High School, Riverside High School, Springfield Middle School and Landmark Middle School.

Agape Health CEO Mia Jones said they are acceptable to administer doses astatine assemblage centers crossed Jacksonville, but “right now, we don’t person doses for the kids.”

“We are doing Pfizer for 12 and up, and we volition proceed to bash that,” Jones added.

Jones said they are moving connected getting the peculiar doses for children, and erstwhile they do, the shots volition beryllium administered astatine the Clanzel T. Brown Community Center and the Lane Wiley Senior Center. Both of those centers are present offering booster shots of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to those eligible from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday done Sunday.

The Duval County wellness section is besides offering boosters shots astatine the Emmett Reed Community Center and the Cuba Hunter Community Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday done Friday.

As much locations commencement to connection Pfizer’s children’s vaccine, DeSantis said Florida volition not beryllium opening immoderate state-run vaccination sites. Instead, helium said, the absorption is connected getting the vaccine to pharmacies, doctor’s offices, and large retailers.

In Georgia, starting Monday, three clinics successful the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Coastal Health District — including 1 astatine the Glynn County Health Department — volition statesman offering pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11. Appointments are required and tin beryllium scheduled online astatine chdcovidvax.org.

Also, starting Monday, vaccine.gov will beryllium updated truthful parents tin find their nearest vaccination sites alternatively of checking idiosyncratic websites.

In the U.S., 750,000 radical person died owed to the coronavirus, including 50,000 radical who person died successful the past month.

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