Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines Available to Children Six Months and Older in Long beach
LONG BEACH — The Long Beach Health Department is now offering COVID-19 vaccines to children 6 months of age and older. The bivalent vaccine will provide increased protection against the omicron variant that has been circling since last year.
The Health Department will now offer the following bivalent vaccines via a non-appointment basis.
Bivalent vaccines for children in this age group will be available only at the following city-run vaccination sites:
LB Moves Into Medium Tier of the COVID-19 Community Levels as Cases Rise
With COVID-19 cases rising, the City of Long Beach Dec. 16 entered the medium or yellow tier of COVID-19 Community Level, the second of three tiers outlined by the Centers for Disease Control or CDC. The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) is urging residents to be vigilant and take preventative steps to slow the spread of COVID-19: become vaccinated and boosted when eligible. Vaccines and boosters continue to be the easiest and best defenses against COVID-19 illness, and are especially effective in preventing severe illness, hospitalization and death among breakthrough cases of the virus.
Details: longbeach.gov/vaxLB
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