For 14-year-old Michaella Lanz, getting the COVID-19 vaccine means going back to normal.
Lanz, an eighth grader at St. Mary s Academy in Bismarck, was one of the first adolescents to get a shot at Sanford Children s North Clinic on Tuesday. The Pfizer vaccine was federally approved last week for use in children ages 12 to 15, and North Dakota s Health Department is recommending that adolescents from the age of 12 to 17 be vaccinated for COVID-19. Shots for adolescents are just getting underway in the Bismarck-Mandan area.
Being vaccinated, Lanz said, means she s free. Once fully vaccinated with her second dose, she s looking forward to traveling more for soccer.
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Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health and Mandan-based Custer Health both announced Monday that they soon will begin vaccinating adolescents against COVID-19.
Separately, state and local officials announced a program to provide free taxi rides to vaccine sites in the area, using federal coronavirus relief money.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine for adolescents, and North Dakota s Health Department began recommending that adolescents from the age of 12 to 17 be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health will provide a Pfizer shot to people age 12 and older at its vaccination event from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday at the Bismarck Event Center. Anyone under the age of 18 who would like to receive the vaccine must provide proof of parental consent. To register, go to https://www.ndvax.org/appointment/en/client/registration?clinic id=2602.Â
Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health and Mandan-based Custer Health both announced Monday that they soon will begin vaccinating adolescents against COVID-19.
Separately, state and local officials announced a program to provide free taxi rides to vaccine sites in the area, using federal coronavirus relief money.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine for adolescents, and North Dakota s Health Department began recommending that adolescents from the age of 12 to 17 be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health will provide a Pfizer shot to people age 12 and older at its vaccination event from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday at the Bismarck Event Center. Anyone under the age of 18 who would like to receive the vaccine must provide proof of parental consent. To register, go to https://www.ndvax.org/appointment/en/client/registration?clinic id=2602.Â