Albany County focusing vaccination efforts on high school students
Vaccine providers have begun to partner with local school districts to reach those 16 and up
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High school nurse Racheal Thomas administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to high school food service worker Maria Whited at Watervliet Junior-Senior High School on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 in Watervliet, N.Y. Employees of the Watervliet City School District were receiving the COVID-19 vaccine today. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The race is on to vaccinate eligible high schoolers against coronavirus.
Albany County officials said Monday that they are due to receive a shipment of over 3,500 Pfizer vaccines this week and will be earmarking “a large percentage” of them for 16- and 17-year-olds, who became eligible for the shot last week so long as they have a parent’s permission.