Virginia children could be vaccinated for COVID as early as this fall
Children could soon be eligible for a COVID vaccine in Virginia.
By: Matthew Fultz
and last updated 2021-04-07 13:14:18-04
RICHMOND, Va. Health experts in Virginia believe that children as young as 12 years old may be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by the fall if studies continue upward.
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phase 3 trial showed the Pfizer vaccine had a 100% effectiveness rate on kids aged 12 to 15 years old. Health experts say younger children tend to have a better immune system, and they respond better to vaccinations than adults.
Because of these breakthroughs in trials, Dr. Micheal Martin, President of Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, believes that Virginia and other states could allow those as young as 12 to get the vaccine by the fall at least, or before school starts but studies will have to continue before that happens.
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Why Virginia is changing vaccine distribution approach
Virginia vaccine czar says state is changing vaccine distribution based on population percentage
and last updated 2021-01-24 16:37:05-05
RICHMOND, Va. Virginiaâs state vaccine coordinator said that the Virginia Department of Health will change how it allocates doses of the COVID-19 vaccine due to the on-going shortage of the vaccine and that if the supply does not increase, it could take between two to three months to finish vaccinating those eligible under Phase 1A and 1B of the rollout. For now, most recipients should know that they re going to, pretty reliably, get what they re getting for the next four weeks or so, said Dr. Danny Avula during a telebriefing on Friday. We need to manage and temper expectations, because with just several hundred, or in some cases, a couple thousands doses coming to each community, there are not going to be that many slots for people to get vaccinated. And so, folks who are in 1B a
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