Baltimore Officials Urge Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccinations As Key Metrics Trend Down

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City has continued to spot its cardinal COVID-19 metrics inclination down, and it’s acceptable to commencement vaccinating immoderate of its youngest residents to support that momentum.

The metropolis is averaging 71 COVID-19 cases per time arsenic of Thursday morning, a alteration of 15% from 2 weeks ago, according to City Health Commissioner Dr. Letitia Dzirasa. The city’s mean positivity is 1.5%, a alteration of 20% from 2 weeks ago.

U.S. wellness officials connected Tuesday gave the last signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a large enlargement of the nation’s vaccination campaign. In Maryland, implicit fractional a cardinal kids aged 5-11 became eligible to get vaccinated.

The Baltimore City Health Department and Baltimore City Public Schools volition collaborate connected vaccine clinics for children ages 5 to 11 astatine sites crossed the city, starting connected the week of Nov. 8.

“With schoolhouse successful afloat swing, and the upcoming holidays, present is the clip for children to get the COVID vaccine,” Mayor Brandon Scott said. “It volition besides of course, let america to person our students enactment successful schoolhouse which we cognize is simply a captious thing.”

City Health Commissioner Dr. Letitia Dzirasa said the metropolis has already vaccinated 20,000 adolescents, and it is acceptable to prime up vaccination efforts to get the city’s youngest immunized.

Along with school-based clinics and mobile vaccination clinics, the metropolis is offering pediatric vaccinations done the homebound vaccination programme for children oregon their caregivers who are mobility-limited.

A database of locations volition beryllium posted connected coronavirus.baltimorecity.gov and city-affiliated societal media accounts. Residents tin besides find a session by calling the COVID Call Center astatine 443-984-8650.

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