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12-15 Year Old Adolescents and COVID Vaccine
Alyssa Strouse, MPH, MDHHS Immunization
On May 12, 2021, ACIP issued an interim recommendation for use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents ages 12 through 15 years under the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization. The estimated efficacy was 100% in preventing COVID-19 among this age group. According to CDC, COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines may be administered without regard to timing. This includes simultaneous administration of COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines on the same day, and coadministration within 14 days. When deciding whether to coadminister other vaccine(s) with COVID-19 vaccine, providers should consider whether the patient is behind or at risk of becoming behind on recommended vaccines, their risk of vaccine-preventable disease and the reactogenicity profile of the vaccines.