Health Care District Offers Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Countywide and Outside Lantana Clinic

The Health Care District of Palm Beach County reminds families that free, walk-up access to the pediatric dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays outside the Health Care District’s Lantana Clinic at 1250 Southwinds Drive in Lantana. Wait times are minimal.

“Our mobile unit in the parking lot of our Lantana Clinic is a convenient site during the week for children as young as five to be vaccinated against COVID-19,” said Belma Andrić, MD, MPH, the Health Care District’s Chief Medical Officer. “No appointment is necessary so families can stop by during the day and know the vaccine is available for them and their children.”

The pediatric dose is one-third the strength of the vaccine formulated for individuals ages 12 and older and is authorized by the FDA and approved by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for children ages 5 through 11. According to the CDC, COVID-19 is the eighth-leading cause of death among this young age group. Children ages 5 through 17 must be with a parent or guardian to be vaccinated. The Health Care District is also partnering with the School District of Palm Beach County and will be at the following sites through next week:

Third doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are also available per CDC guidelines for eligible individuals 18 years and older who present their COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card showing they received two prior Pfizer doses. Visit www.hcdpbc.org and click the blue COVID-19 Information Center button for updates to the Health Care District’s COVID-19 vaccination schedule. To date, the Health Care District has provided over 222,000 COVID-19 vaccinations in the community.

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About the Health Care District

The Health Care District of Palm Beach County provides primary medical care and dental services for adults and children at the C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics, a coordinated and lifesaving Trauma System that includes two FAA-certified Trauma Hawk air ambulances, registered nurses in nearly 170 public schools, short and long-term skilled nursing at the Edward J. Healey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riviera Beach, and acute care at its teaching hospital, Lakeside Medical Center, which is accredited by The Joint Commission and serves the rural Glades’ communities.

About the C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number H80CS25684 for Health Center Cluster in the award amount of $7,111,563. Of the total project, 81.9% is financed with nongovernmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government. The C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics were granted Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) deeming status effective January 1, 2021.