St. Claire HealthCare to Begin Offering COVID-19 Vaccine to Individuals Ages 12 & Up

St. Claire HealthCare (SCH) received its first allocation of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine just as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the emergency use to include adolescents as young as 12 years of age. While SCH has administered at least one dose of the Moderna vaccine to more than 11,000 patients since January, vaccines were only available to patients 18 and older … until now.

“We knew the Pfizer vaccine would increase our effectiveness in the fight against COVID by allowing us to vaccinate 16 and 17-year-olds, but today’s FDA announcement made it a complete a game-changer for our efforts to make the community safe again,” said Will Melahn, MD, SCH Chief Medical Officer/VP for Medical Affairs.

Today’s announcement is a critical step toward ending the pandemic and a return to normal.

“We’ve learned a lot about the coronavirus over the past year, but there’s still no way to know how severely this virus will affect you or the ones you love, so don’t take any unnecessary chances,” Melahn added. “If you haven’t been vaccinated yet, don’t wait any longer.”

If you would like to schedule an appointment for yourself or your child (age 12 or older), please call 606.783.7539.