COVID-19 vaccination for age 5 and under in Southwest Wisconsin

LA CROSSE, Wis. ― COVID-19 vaccine recommendations have been extended to include children aged 5 and under. Beginning Tuesday, July 5, parents and legal guardians may schedule appointments for children ages 6 months – 5 at most Mayo Clinic Health System sites in Southwest Wisconsin.

COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in the U.S. have been expanded to include children ages 6 months to 5 years, following meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18.

COVID-19 vaccines have been used under the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history. This includes studies in children 6 months to 5 years of age.

The new vaccine recommendations include:

• Children ages 6 months to age 4 can receive a three-dose primary series of the Pfizer vaccine or a two-dose primary series of the Moderna vaccine.
• Children who are age 5 can receive a two-dose primary series of either the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccine.

"Mayo Clinic recommends that everyone, including children, be vaccinated for COVID-19," says Erin Morcomb, M.D., family physician at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. "The COVID-19 vaccine reduces the risk of getting infected with COVID-19, or of becoming seriously ill or dying if infected. The more children who are vaccinated, the harder it is for COVID-19 to spread and produce variants. This also keeps daycares and schools open and available."

Parents and legal guardians may schedule COVID-19 vaccination appointments by using their Patient Online Services caregiver account or by contacting their local primary care location.

You can call a location near you to schedule vaccination:

• Arcadia clinic ― 608-323-3373.
• Caledonia clinic ― 507-725-3353.
• Holmen clinic ― 608-526-3351
• La Crosse Pediatrics ― 608-785-0940.
• Onalaska Pediatrics ― 608-392-5001.
• Prairie du Chien clinic ― 608-326-0808.
• Sparta clinic ― 608-269-2132.
• Tomah clinic ― 608-372-5951.

Eligible patients also will be contacted through Patient Online Services to schedule an appointment.

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