The Department of Health is now encouraging all COVID-19 vaccine providers to start vaccinating anyone age 12 and over with the Pfizer vaccine as recommended by the FDA and CDC.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently held a meeting to review the data and make an official recommendation to use the vaccine for this age group. The CDC also said that the Pfizer vaccine could be co-administered with other routine vaccinations.
“Hundreds of vaccine providers in Pennsylvania already have Pfizer vaccine on hand and are ready to safely and efficiently vaccinate people in this age group,” said Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam.
People can find Pfizer vaccination locations near them using vaccines.gov, also known as Vaccine Finder. Individuals can also text their zip code to GETVAX (438829) for English, or VACUNA (822862) for Spanish and receive three possible vaccination sites in their area, and then choose locations based on availability of the Pfizer vaccine.
“Once all the approvals are in place, Pennsylvania vaccine providers will be ready to begin vaccinating these young people to add them to the more than 5.7 million Pennsylvanians who have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far,” said Beam.
