Cherokee Nation now offering COVID-19 vaccinations for ages 12-15
The tribe’s health centers in Tahlequah, Vinita, Muskogee and Sallisaw will offer the vaccine to this age group every weekday. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 12:34 PM CDT May 20, 2021
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. The Cherokee Nation is now offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 12-15 at all health center locations.
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently approved a revised and expanded FDA Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer vaccine to allow immunization of ages 12 and older.
Cherokee Nation s Tahlequah, Vinita, Muskogee and Sallisaw health centers will offer the vaccine to this age group Monday through Friday, and its other health centers will offer it on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week.
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With access to a much greater volume of COVID-19 vaccines than was initially made available to them, Indian nations in Oklahoma began offering inoculations to younger tribal members, spouses and others.
Meanwhile, the chief medical officer of the Rockville, Maryland-based Indian Health Service, which supplies the vaccines to Indian clinics nationwide, said he fully expects that by the end of the summer, anyone across Indian Country will be able to get vaccinated.
As part of its public health marketing campaign, the Indian Health Service has been “touting the vaccine being free,” Rear Adm. Dr. Michael Toedt, said on a recent media call.