Mayo Clinic is preparing to vaccinate children 5‒11 for COVID-19, with vaccinations to begin Friday, Nov. 5.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now granted emergency use authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11. Nationally, nearly 28 million children are now eligible to be protected by a COVID-19 vaccination.
In clinical trials, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was at least 91% effective in children 5‒11. The COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds is one-third of the adolescent/adult dose but it is administered the same way: in a two-dose series, three weeks apart.
Mayo Clinic joins the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in strongly recommending that children 5‒11 be vaccinated against COVID-19 infection. Contraindications are rare.
COVID-19 vaccinations across Mayo Clinic will begin Friday, Nov. 5 for children ages 5-11.
At this time, there are no COVID-19 vaccination events planned for kids at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Mayo Clinic in Florida. Parents are encouraged to check with their pediatrician’s office or conveniently located community vaccination sites.
Scheduling appointments
Eligible patients in this age range for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System have been identified and will be contacted through Patient Online Services, or by mail, and be invited to schedule an appointment.
Parents and legal guardians are encouraged to schedule appointments for children 5‒11. They can schedule their children’s appointments to be vaccinated against COVID-19 using their children’s Patient Online Services caregiver account or the Mayo Clinic App. If they don’t have a caregiver account for their child, they should call Mayo Clinic Customer Assistance at 877-858-0398.
Prevea Health will start administering COVID-19 vaccine for kids next week.
The Pfizer vaccine has been approved for children ages five to eleven and Prevea says it will give the vaccinations at eleven locations across the state. Those locations include in Green Bay, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan, Altoona, Eau Claire, Rice Lake, Chippewa Falls, Oostburg, Menominee and Mondovi.
