Pfizer’s COVID vaccine will be available to everyone 12 and up Thursday. Here’s what you need to know
The state health department said they’ll open up appointments for those 12-15 years old after the FDA authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. Author: Colleen Sikora Updated: 7:00 PM MST May 11, 2021
PHOENIX The FDA has authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in those 12 to 15 years-old and the Arizona Department of Health Services is prepared to start vaccinating kids in that age group.
Everyone 12 and up can get a COVID shot at state run sites starting Thursday
Starting Thursday, everyone 12 and up can get a COVID-19 vaccine at state run sites.
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Tens of thousands of appointments remain available for this week at state COVID-19 mass-vaccination sites in the Valley, Tucson, Yuma, and Flagstaff. Getting vaccinated is as simple as clicking a mouse, picking up the phone, or driving to a site.
Of the 74,000 first-dose appointments made available last Friday, nearly 60,000 were still available this morning to receive the Pfizer vaccine at state sites. Locations of these and other sites offering COVID-19 vaccination are available at azdhs.gov/FindVaccine.
“COVID-19 vaccines are safe, highly effective, free, and available ‒ often on the same day ‒ at state vaccination sites serving the most-populous areas of the state,” said Dr. Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). “We need more Arizonans to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated to protect themselves, their families, and the community.”
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GLENDALE, Ariz. A special tribute is on display right outside State Farm Stadium, the home of the Arizona Cardinals, on Sunday honoring those who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
More than 17,000 Arizona flags are arranged in the shape of the state on the Great Lawn, for each of the more than 17,000 Arizonans that have died due to the coronavirus.
Last week, the state-run mass COVID-19 vaccination site that had been at State Farm Stadium since January moved indoors to Gila River Arena as temperatures rise in the Valley.
More than 800,000 vaccines were administered at State Farm Stadium, one of the first mass vaccination sites in the nation, accounting for nearly 20% of the total doses administered in Arizona so far.