COVID-19 Vaccinations Available For Dearborn Students This Week

DEARBORN, MI — Dearborn Public Schools students 12 and older who want receive a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 will have their opportunity to do so this week.

Henry Ford Health System is providing the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at Edsel Ford High School on Thursday and Friday. People who previously received a first dose of the vaccine in April will receive their second dose on Friday.

Vaccines appointments will be available from 8 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. on Thursday and 8-11:40 a.m. on Friday. The second shots will all be administered on June 11.

"Although the district understands parents have a personal choice when it comes to the wellbeing of their child, the district strongly feels that all methods to slow the spread of COVID 19, including vaccinations, are the best way to promote overall health and safety in our community and the surest path to a return to in-person learning for all students," the district said in a news release.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services began recommending that COVID-19 vaccine providers administer doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents 12 to 15 years old beginning Thursday after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to expand use of the vaccine to people in that age group.

Dearborn Public Schools added the Thursday and Friday vaccination dates following the state's announcement last week.

The district said children must be at least 12 years old by the vaccination date and anyone under 18 needs to have a parent or guardian with them.