COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 were given the green light Wednesday by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, less than 24 hours after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also OK’d inoculation for the youngest group yet.
GALLERY: Reedsburg Area Ambulance provides COVID-19 vaccine drive thru clinic
Abi receives COVID-19 shot
Abi Cummings, a 17-year-old from Plain, receives her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from EMT Josh Hoege at a drive thru vaccine clinic held May 19 at Reedsburg Area Ambulance Station in Reedsburg. Exactly 168 individuals signed up to receive their vaccine, with the first clinic held for those ages 12 to 15 to receive their vaccine. Around 20 to 30 in the age group signed up to receive their vaccine.
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Josh Gives Grace vaccine
Reedsburg Area Ambulance Service EMT Josh Hoege, right, administers 17-year-old Grace Rogers' second vaccine dose at a drive thru vaccine clinic May 19 at the ambulance station in Reedsburg. Exactly 168 individuals signed up to receive their vaccine, including 20 to 30 people ages 12-15 with it being the first day the clinic opened the vaccine to the age group.
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Drawing vaccine vials
Reedsburg Area Ambulance EMT Lauren Vildburg, left, and Paramedics Joshua Mezyk, center, and Sawyer Schmidt draw vials of the COVID-19 vaccine at a weekly vaccine clinic held at the station May 19.
