A Massachusetts city on Saturday provided 1,200 COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11. Health officials in Arlington hosted the clinic from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the Arlington High School gymnasium. Clinic director Dr. Rochelle Valensky was held just a few days later. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the final seal of approval for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. According to Arlington Health and Human Services Director Christine Bongiorno, all available appointments were booked within an hour. Posting online. “We’ve been waiting for this. Very relieved,” said Julie Lowell, whose baby received a dose at the clinic on Saturday. “I think it’s a good step in the right direction, so it feels good to move on from this milestone,” said Dan Fiori, whose 9-year-old son, Ally, got a shot. Arlington health officials attempted to make the COVID-19 vaccine clinic child-friendly, as nurses dressed up and were photographed. Sea creatures your station. “Some kids are a little anxious, but we have some behavioral professionals here trying to help ease them,” said Arlington Public Health Director Natasha Wadden. In addition, the kids who got their shot got a chance to take a photo with a cardboard cutout of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist. “I think it’s great that everyone is getting vaccinated,” Eli Fiori said. I asked, ‘Has it happened?’ And they said they’ve already bandaged,” said 8-year-old Nikhil Bhat. Bongiorno tweeted Friday that a third of Arlington’s population of children aged 5 to 11 will be vaccinated during the clinic. In a town hall update Thursday, Arlington Town Manager Adam Chapdelaine said the city expects to receive an additional 900 doses of Pfizer’s child-sized vaccine with more vaccine clinics for children aged 5 to 11 by the middle of next week. The whole idea is that there are too many supplements to make this work, and getting them to the local government was to put pressure on pharmacies and primary care physicians to, hopefully, between those three main sources. We will be able to vaccinate all children in that age group who want to be vaccinated,” Chapdelaine said. Government. Charlie Baker said Thursday that more than 500 locations in Massachusetts will offer Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children.
A Massachusetts city on Saturday provided 1,200 COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11.
Health officials in Arlington hosted the clinic inside Arlington High School Gymnasium from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The clinic was organized just days after Dr. Rochelle Valensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. given the final seal of approval For Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
According to Christine Bongiorno, director of Arlington Health and Human Services, all available appointments were booked within an hour of being posted online.
“We’ve been waiting for this. Very relieved,” said Julie Lowell, whose child received a dose at the clinic on Saturday.
“I think it’s a great step in the right direction, so it feels good to pass this milestone,” said Dan Fiori, whose 9-year-old son, Ally, got a shot.
Arlington health officials attempted to make the COVID-19 vaccine clinic child-friendly, as nurses dressed up and had pictures of sea creatures at their stations.
Natasha Wadden, director of Arlington Public Health, said, “Some kids are a little anxious, but we have some behavioral professionals here who are trying to help ease them.”
In addition, kids who got their shot got a chance to take a photo with a cardboard cutout of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist.
“I think it’s great that everyone is getting vaccinated,” Eli Fiori said.
“It didn’t hurt at all. I asked, ‘Is it done?’ And they said they have already bandaged,” said 8-year-old Nikhil Bhat.
Bongiorno tweeted on Friday That a third of Arlington’s entire population of children ages 5 to 11 will be vaccinated during the clinic.
In Thursday’s town hall update, Arlington Town Manager Adam Chapdelaine said the city expected to receive an additional 900 doses of Pfizer’s child-sized vaccine, to begin offering more vaccine clinics for children ages 5 to 11. May be Week.
“My understanding of the whole idea is that there’s a lot of supplements to make this work, and getting them to local government was to take pressure from pharmacies and primary care physicians so that between those three main sources, hopefully, we’ will be able to vaccinate all children in the age group who wish to be vaccinated,’ Chapdelaine said.
Governor Charlie Baker said on Thursday that More than 500 locations in Massachusetts Pfizer will offer a COVID-19 vaccine for children.
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