Ten COVID vaccination sites now open for kids in NY state

Ten of New York’s mass-vaccination sites will now jab kids aged 5 to 11 with the COVID vaccine, Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced.

“Since this 5 to 11 year-old age group became eligible, we have been encouraging parents to reach out to their pediatricians and local health providers to set up vaccine appointments and now I’m directing our state mass vaccination sites to open their doors to the youngest and most recently eligible New Yorkers,” Hochul said in a statement.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on poking kids with Pfizer’s two-shot mRNA injection on Nov. 2.

More than 50,000 New Yorkers in that age range have received the vaccine since then, Hochul’s office said.

Her office warned parents to make sure any provider offers the Pfizer vaccine, because the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson shots are “not yet authorized for this age group.”

A family enters a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine site on June 5, 2021 in the Jackson Heights
Over 50,000 New Yorkers aged 5-11 years have been immunized.
Scott Heins/Getty Images

Here are some links to the websites:

  • The Great New York State Fair – Art and Home Center, Syracuse
  • SUNY Old Westbury – Clark Athletic Center, Glen Head
  • Crossgates Mall, Former Lord & Taylor Store – Upper Level, Albany
  • Aqueduct Racetrack, South Ozone Park
  • Rochester Educational Opportunity Center
  • Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn
  • Bay Eden Senior Center, Bronx
  • Yonkers, New York National Guard Armory
  • SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook
  • University at Buffalo South Campus. Buffalo

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