Because federal approval of pediatric COVID-19 vaccines is expected soon, Ohio’s enrolled vaccine providers have begun placing orders for these vaccines and the first deliveries are expected today.
The Pfizer vaccine for this age group is a three-shot series. The second dose can be taken three weeks after the first and the third dose two months after the second. Each shot contains 1/10 the amount of vaccine that is included in the adult dose.
Families may be able to have their children immunized while their child sees their pediatrician or family physician before the start of the school year. The COVID-19 vaccine can be administered as part of updating a child’s overall vaccine series, Vanderhoff said. Nationally, there have been about 2.5 million COVID-19 cases in babies and toddlers. There have been nearly 450 deaths among children under 5.79,000 cases have been reported in the same group with about 1,500 hospitalizations and 10 deaths, he said.
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