To the Fairfax County Community,

Children ages 5-11 are finally eligible to be vaccinated with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine! I'm proud in Fairfax County that over 83% of our residents 18 and up have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and over 85% of our kids ages 12-17 have done the same. It has been great to see lines of excited families waiting to get vaccinated at the Government Center. The vaccine is safe and effective and the best path forward for returning life back to normal.

Yesterday, I was honored to join the First Lady of the United States Jill Biden and the Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy at Franklin Sherman Elementary School to celebrate kids who were vaccinated at school.

• There are multiple opportunities to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Fairfax. Most sites will be providing the vaccine by appointment only at this time. These include:
• Pediatric and Family Medicine Providers: call your child’s doctor to make an appointment.
• Pharmacies, grocery stores, and urgent care facilities: visit vaccines.gov (www.vacunas.gov) to search for a vaccine appointment.
• Health Department Vaccination Centers: visit the website to make an appointment, or call 703-324-7404 if you need assistance.
• Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, 22035
• Mount Vernon District Office (Gerry Hyland Government Center), 8350 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, 22309
• Tysons Community Vaccination Center, 7950 Tysons Corner Center, Tysons: Visit here or call 877-VAX-IN-VA (877-829-4682, TTY users call 711). Appointment assistance is available in English, Spanish, and more than 100 other languages.
• Inova Children Vaccination Clinic: visit here to make an appointment for weekend clinics at the Inova Center for Personalized Health, 8100 Innovation Park Drive, Fairfax.
• When looking for an appointment, be sure to search for Pfizer pediatric vaccine since it is the only vaccine currently available for use in children 5-11 years old. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or another adult at all community vaccination sites.
• Learn more here.

In addition, the Board met today. You may review today's full Board package here.