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The Allentown Health Bureau will hold clinics to administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5-to-11 by appointment only on Monday, November 8 and Tuesday, November 9 at the Agri-Plex at the Allentown Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n
Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, November 8 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9.<\/p>\n
All children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. No walk-ins are permitted. To schedule click on the link\u00a0https:\/\/allentownpaclinics.schedulemeappointments.com\/<\/a>. Users will need to click on the clinic underneath where it reads, \u201cPlease click the name of the clinic offering.\u201d<\/p>\n To schedule by phone to have your child receive the COVID-19 vaccine at an off-site Allentown Health Bureau clinic call 610.437.7760 and choose 0.<\/p>\n Pfizer is the only COVID-19 vaccine approved for those between 5-and-11-years- old.\u00a0The FDA and CDC have authorized a 10-microgram dose of Pfizer’s vaccine in young children.<\/p>\n CDC Director Rochelle\u00a0Walensky\u00a0endorsed the CDC\u00a0Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices\u2019 (ACIP) recommendation\u00a0yesterday that children 5 to 11 years old be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer BioNTech pediatric vaccine.\u00a0CDC now expands vaccine recommendations to about 28 million children in the United States\u00a0in this age group and\u00a0allows\u00a0providers\u00a0to\u00a0begin vaccinating\u00a0them as soon as\u00a0possible.<\/p>\n White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said on Monday that the U.S. pediatric vaccine program will be running at full strength by next week.<\/p>\n There is no charge for the COVID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n Additional vaccination clinic dates will be scheduled.<\/p>\n Information provided to TVL by: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Allentown Health Bureau will hold clinics to administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5-to-11 by appointment only on Monday, November 8 and Tuesday, November 9 at … Continue reading ALLENTOWN HEALTH BUREAU SCHEDULES PFIZER VACCINE FOR CHILDREN<\/span>
\nMike Moore
\nCommunications Manager
\nMayor’s Office
\n435 Hamilton Street
\nAllentown, PA 18101
\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov
\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/a><\/p>\n
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