COVID-19 vaccination clinics at select San Diego high schools will continue this week in an effort to reach students as young as 12 who are now eligible for the vaccine.
The San Diego Unified School District has collaborated with UC San Diego Health and Sharp HealthCare to host the clinics at district high schools located in communities with some of the lowest vaccination rates.
All school-based clinics are open to students, staff, families and community members. Students who attend the school hosting the clinic need a signed parent consent form to get a vaccine; other students will be required to have a parent present.
“We are encouraging everyone who is eligible for a vaccine to get one as soon as they can,” said Dr. Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, vice president of the San Diego Unified Board of Education. “By bringing vaccines directly to students and families at our schools, UCSD and Sharp are making it easy and convenient to protect ourselves and our communities from the virus.”
On Tuesday, UCSD will administer the Pfizer vaccine from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hoover and Lincoln high schools while Sharp will administer vaccines during the same time period at Mira Mesa High School.
On Friday, the county announced youths ages 12-17 who want to get a COVID-19 vaccination in San Diego County without a parent present will have to provide a signed form to show their parent or legal guardian has given permission.
The form can be filled out ahead of the vaccine appointment. Minors will still need to be accompanied to the appointment by an adult.
The consent form asks the parent or guardian to verify their name and contact information as well as the name and contact information of the child.
The form is not required if the parent or guardian is present during the appointment.
All of the county’s static vaccination clinics will have Pfizer vaccines on hand for drop-in appointments — as opposed to the mobile clinics, which use primarily Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
Additional information about scheduling appointments and what types of documentation youths will need to get vaccinated is available at coronavirus-sd.com/vaccine.
— City News Service contributed to this article
