COLORADO, USA — Some parents that are trying to get their kids the omicron-specific COVID-19 booster ahead of the holidays are having a hard time finding a place that administers the vaccine to younger children.
Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna and Pfizer’s bivalent vaccine for children 6 months and older.
But, many major pharmacies, like CVS and Walgreens, do not administer vaccines to children younger than three.
Lea Gibbens, who is from Loveland, said finding COVID-19 vaccines for her two-year-old son has been a challenge. Gibbens said she searched on Colorado’s vaccine website and a very limited number of vaccine buses make that age-specific vaccine available.