State vaccine coordinator: Va. wonât offer COVID-19 vaccine to those 12-15 until CDC approves Pfizer vaccine approved for those 12-15 By NBC12 Newsroom | May 10, 2021 at 10:13 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 11:25 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Virginiaâs vaccination coordinator says the state wonât offer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to those 12 to 15 years of age until the CDC recommends it. This comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization to include those in that age bracket. The EAU previously covered people 16 and older. âWhile this is an exciting first step toward offering this vaccine and its protection to more than 400,000 Virginians, we must await additional federal approval before doing so. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is expected to meet Wednesday to discuss todayâs action by the FDA and make a recommendation to the CDC whether to approve using this vaccine in adolescents. Virginia would not begin offering the vaccine to those 12 and older until the CDC approves doing so,â Virginia vaccine coordinator Dr. Danny Avula said.