Vaccine Information for Children

Vaccines for Infants and Children ages 6 months to 5 years

DPH recommends parents contact their child’s pediatrician or family doctor/health care provider to find out if they are administering COVID-19 vaccines to infants and children ages 6 months through 5 years. View the list of providers below who have ordered the first shipments of the vaccine which arrived earlier this week or will arrive soon.

While some providers are already administering vaccines, others may not be ready. Be sure to contact the facility directly for any timing and scheduling requirements. Unless otherwise indicated below, call ahead to your provider or the listed facility to learn more about their timing for vaccinating patients and any scheduling requirements!

More providers are expected to order and offer the vaccines in the coming days and weeks. Check back on this page frequently. While most providers are only vaccinating patients, we have included a list of those that have agreed to vaccinate non-patients.

Additionally, many pharmacies will offer vaccines for infants and children, though not all will vaccinate those under age 3. Visit vaccines.gov to find pharmacies offering these pediatric vaccines (pharmacies will be able to list the lowest age that they will vaccinate).

Facilities Vaccinating Patients and Non-Patients 6 Months through 5 Years

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is vaccination important for infants and children 6 months to 5 years?

There are many reasons, one of which includes preventing serious illness. For example, during the Omicron surge (Winter 2021-22), children under 5 were hospitalized with the virus at five times the rate they were during the Delta surge (Fall 2021), a study from the CDC recently found. Preventing serious illness and long-term side effects from new infection should be factors you consider when deciding whether to vaccinate your child. This holds true even if your child was previously infected with COVID-19.

Just like adults, children can become severely ill from COVID-19, be hospitalized, and even die. Children can experience short-and-long-term health complications that can affect their mental and physical health and quality of life. There is no way to predict if a child will develop a severe or mild case of COVID-19. Even healthy children without underlying conditions can get severe COVID-19 or suffer from long-term health complications.

Please discuss your questions and concerns about this important decision with your pediatrician and/or family doctor/health care provider.

What are the differences between Moderna & Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines for Infants & Children?

Thousands of children were part of robust clinical trials to evaluate the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and how well they worked. There are differences in the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for infants and children. See the chart below (Figure 1) for the breakdown of these differences.