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The Overton County Health Department is gearing up for pediatric COVID vaccines.
Nursing Director Megan Reeder said the order has already been placed for the pediatric Pfizer vaccine.
“We hope to maybe get that sometime this week,” Reeder said. “Obviously then we’ll have to wait for protocols to role out to get ready to do that. So stay tuned, watch the news, that’s something exciting. That will be for children from (ages) five to 11.”
Reeder said the county is seeing a down slide in COVID positivity after seeing hundreds of active cases in prior months. Reeder said the county positivity rate is down to 3.4 percent.
She said the county can currently serve kids starting at age 12. Reeder said the Moderna Vaccine is only eligible for 18 years old and older.
