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DeKalb health centers now offering COVID-19 vaccine for ages 5-11

211104-Decatur-Liam Prophet, 10, looks up at the medical assistant who is about to give him his first COVID-19 vaccine shot at DeKalb Pediatric Center in Decatur on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 4, 2021. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Credit: Ben Gray

211104-Decatur-Liam Prophet, 10, looks up at the medical assistant who is about to give him his first COVID-19 vaccine shot at DeKalb Pediatric Center in Decatur on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 4, 2021. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Nov 8, 2021

The DeKalb County Board of Health is now offering COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11 at several locations.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cleared the way for the Pfizer vaccine to be administered to the youngest group of children yet. Pediatricians and other facilities quickly began offering the shots, but Monday marked the first day the DeKalb health department made them available for the new age group.

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Free vaccines are available at the department’s four health centers: Clifton Springs (3110 Clifton Springs Road in Decatur); East DeKalb (2277 S. Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road in Lithonia); North DeKalb (3807 Clairmont Road NE in Chamblee); and T.O. Vinson (440 Winn Way in Decatur).

Pediatric vaccines are not being offered at the county’s mass vaccination site at the Doraville MARTA station.

To schedule a vaccination appointment for your child and for more information, visit dekalbhealth.net.

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Before taking over the AJC's Sports Daily newsletter, Tyler Estep spent two years writing the A.M. ATL newsletter. A Gwinnett County native and University of Georgia graduate, he has been with the AJC since 2015 and previously worked as a reporter on the breaking news, hyperlocal and local government teams.

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