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Vaccine rates have slowed over the last month in Ohio. The numbers could tick up as children ages 12 to 15 gain access to the Pfizer vaccine.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19. The FDA originally issued authorization for the use of the Pfizer vaccine in individuals 16 years of age and older.
Parents or guardians who want to vaccinate their adolescents may have to wait until local administrators open clinics to the younger age group and county health departments obtain the Pfizer doses. The majority of vaccine shots administered by Holmes and Wayne County health departments have been Moderna.