Credit Elizabeth Gabriel / KLCC News
4J spokesperson Kerry Delf said Thursday the clinic is already full.
“It’s expected that very soon the FDA will give approval of the vaccine for ages 12-15,” Delf said. “And so, to allow families to plan a little in advance, the district is working with health care partners to schedule vaccine clinics for ages 12-15. Of course, that’s contingent on the vaccine being approved. If that approval is not received from the federal government before the date of the clinic, they will need to be rescheduled.”
Delf said 4J is also holding a clinic for 16 and older on May 12th. As of Thursday afternoon, there were still slots available. Delf said the district wants to provide vaccine doses to all staff and students. It would be up to the state as to whether Oregon districts would require vaccination against COVID-19.
Credit Elizabeth Gabriel / KLCC News
4J spokesperson Kerry Delf said Thursday the clinic is already full.
“It’s expected that very soon the FDA will give approval of the vaccine for ages 12-15,” Delf said. “And so, to allow families to plan a little in advance, the district is working with health care partners to schedule vaccine clinics for ages 12-15. Of course, that’s contingent on the vaccine being approved. If that approval is not received from the federal government before the date of the clinic, they will need to be rescheduled.”
Delf said 4J is also holding a clinic for 16 and older on May 12th. As of Thursday afternoon, there were still slots available. Delf said the district wants to provide vaccine doses to all staff and students. It would be up to the state as to whether Oregon districts would require vaccination against COVID-19.
Thousands of vaccine appointments available in Lane County As we move forward, we anticipate that many of the reservations as we go into a clinic won t certainly cover the entire clinic and that creates space for people to come right in.
Posted: May 6, 2021 7:48 PM
Updated: May 6, 2021 8:04 PM
Posted By: Michael Cerullo
EUGENE, Ore. After receiving a record high allocation of doses, Lane County Public Health s website currently shows thousands of open appointment slots.
Lane County s Incident Commander, Steve Adams, said there s no reason to be concerned about these slots being left open. Some of the doses will be given to people who walk in without appointments, and the leftover doses will be saved and used for future clinics, Adams said.
In anticipation that the Food and Drug Administration soon will authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12-15, Eugene School District 4J set up a 300-spot May 17 vaccine clinic for those students.
Many parents were eager to get their students signed up so the spots filled in minutes, district spokesperson Kerry Delf said. We can t make the approval come any sooner, but we can make sure that opportunities to get the vaccine are available, Delf said.
Lane County Public Health reiterated it will not be able to vaccinate children younger than 16 at clinics until the vaccine is approved for that age group.