Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Hosts Back-To-School Immunization Clinic Saturday

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With each the absorption connected the COVID vaccine, it’s important to retrieve determination are different vaccines retired there, immoderate of which are required for children to caput backmost to school.

It’s been astir a twelvemonth and a fractional since immoderate of these kids person been successful a schoolroom afloat time, astir different children, truthful these immunizations are much important than ever.

As Makayla Johnson prepares to commencement sixth grade, her parent Remika Wright, wanted to marque definite she was up-to-date connected her vaccinations.

“Due to COVID, she’s 11 truthful she’s underage (for the COVID vaccine.) So I wanted to astatine slightest marque definite she has the different vaccinations up to date,” Wright said.

They stopped by a escaped Back-to-School Immunization Clinic astatine Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.

“Since COVID and everything, everyone has been unopen down, and it’s hard to get appointments,” Wright said.

It’s a occupation that galore parents are facing.

“We person known for years that the schools are incapable to get a batch of the kids vaccinated, and our assemblage work radical decided that it was important to bash our portion to get arsenic galore children vaccinated arsenic possible,” said Dr. Richard Katz, the hospital’s main aesculapian officer.

There are vaccines for diseases similar polio, hepatitis, and meningitis to sanction a few, each of which are required successful bid to be schoolhouse present successful Maryland.

“The vaccines are incredibly safe, they prevention lives, they person done a singular occupation successful this state and successful the world, astatine reducing disease,” Katz said.

It’s each to assistance students similar Makayla caput backmost into their classrooms safely.

Two different immunizations events were besides held successful Baltimore County Saturday arsenic well.

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