HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Reno County Health Department is now offering Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine boosters for ages 12-15, to be administered five months after completing a Pfizer primary series. This comes after KDHE announced it would adopt the CDC and FDA expanded eligibility recommendations for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster. Boosters can also be administered five months after completing a two-dose vaccine series of Pfizer (previously six months).
The booster recommendations have not changed for Moderna (six months after initial series completion) or Johnson & Johnson (two months after dose) vaccines. However, immunocompromised youth aged 5-11 can now receive an additional primary dose of Pfizer to be administered 28 days after their second dose.
Active COVID-19 cases in Reno County continue to climb and are at 463 as of Thursday, Jan. 6. There is now one confirmed case of the Omicron variant in Reno County. Vaccines are still the best tool we have to protect against COVID-19, slow transmission and reduce the likelihood of new variants emerging.
The Reno County Health Department is administering vaccines during normal operating hours. Walk-ins are accepted for those 12 and older. Appointments are required for children aged 5-11. Call 620-694-2900 and select option 6 for scheduling. The vaccine is free to any Reno County resident, regardless of citizen status or insurance. Flu shots can also be administered at the same time as a COVID vaccine.
The health department is open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 6 p.m., and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 6 p.m. To view vaccine availability at other sites, visit www.vaccines.gov. For a ride to one of the vaccine sites, call RCAT at 620-694-2913. To view the Reno County COVID-19 dashboard, visit www.renogov.org.
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