As the Food and Drug Administration, as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, work to give emergency use for a new COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest population, one public health official sees this as a need for the community.

Greene County Public Health Director Becky Wolf says once the new Pfizer vaccine for youth six months to four years old is approved, it’ll make a huge impact on helping to decrease the spread of the virus. She points out there are COVID-19 cases in that age group.

“Unfortunately, yes we do see kiddos that some of them are less than a year old, some of them are less than six months of age, and they have become ill with Covid. We just got to get to the point where we can get these kids vaccinated to get us one step closer to stomping out the Covid virus, so that we can kind of move on.”

Wolf adds, the Pfizer vaccines are still available for those 12 and older and the Moderna vaccine is for those 18 and older, along with booster doses for each, and that can be given five months after the second dose. As for the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the first doses are still available for those 18 and older and the booster dose can be given two months later. Greene County Public Health has vaccine clinics every Tuesday from 9am-noon and Thursday from 1-4pm. Call them at 515-386-3228 or click on the link below to schedule a vaccine appointment.

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