5, Sturrup said there will be a group of medical providers meeting to access any existing coverage gaps within the Austin-Travis County. For children who need to be comforted while receiving a shot, they can be joined by a parent or guardian during the process with that in mind, she said APH is working with local ISDs on the best process of navigating that. Once APH begins receiving regular vaccine deliveries for children ages 5-11, she said they will work with those four locations in addition to school pop-up clinics in local ISDs and charter schools located in high risk zip codes.įrom a procedural standpoint, Sturrup said APH is working to educate parents on COVID vaccinations with children and coordinating the logistics of distributing those youth shots. She said there won’t be any initial pop-up vaccine opportunities due to uncertainties of vaccine deliveries during the first week of authorization. Texas pediatricians to play large role in vaccinations of younger children
