Mercer County To Host Pediatric COVID Vaccine Clinic Thursday

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — The County will be hosting a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic for children ages 5 and up.

The clinic will be held Thursday, Nov. 18 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at CURE Insurance Arena, Trenton, Gate A (South Broad Street entrance). Appointments can be scheduled by calling the state’s appointment line at 1-855-568-0545.

Vaccinations are being administered by appointment only. Children will need a parent or guardian with them in order to be vaccinated.

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State officials said that the number of children ages 5 to 11 years old who are getting vaccinated increased five-fold.

The number of children ages 5 to 11 who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine hit 47,390 on Monday, up from 9,116 students in that age group who were vaccinated as of Nov. 8.

"That's more than five times what it was a week ago today," Gov. Phil Murphy said during Monday's press briefing. "For parents, I would say that vaccinating your child is the surest way to return them to their normal routines. With each child who gets vaccinated and enters a classroom with an educator who was vaccinated and sits among their peers who are vaccinated, the closer we get to being able to lift the masking requirement in our schools."

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For more information on vaccinations see below:

CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html

New Jersey Department of Health: https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/covid2019_vaccination.shtml

Pediatric Pfizer COVID Vaccine information sheet: https://www.fda.gov/media/153717/download