Pfizer COVID booster now available for children ages 5-11

San Juan County shares news about COVID booster availability for children on San Juan Island.

Booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are now available for children ages 5-11 years. The Washington State Department of Health expanded booster dose eligibility to following guidance and recommendations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup.

An additional mRNA dose will help further protect children and slow disease spread across Washington and in San Juan County. 

This expansion of booster eligibility comes as COVID cases are continuing to steadily rise across the country, state, and within our own community. The myth that COVID is always a mild disease in children needs to be dispelled. The updated booster dose recommendations are:

• Children ages 5-11 years should receive a booster dose five months after completing their primary vaccine series of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
• Immunocompromised children should receive their booster dose at least three months after their primary series

The next vaccination clinic on San Juan Island takes place on Tuesday, May 31. This clinic is for children ages 5-11 only.

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