Children 12 to 15 Years Old Now Qualify for Pfizer Covid Vaccines at Cottage Health Drive-Up Clinic

SANTA BARBARA—Cottage Health’s Drive-Up Vaccination Clinic at the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital campus will now offer Pfizer vaccines for children age 12 to 15 starting Thursday, May 13.

Everyone age 12 and over is now eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to provide consent at the clinic.

The Goleta clinic will be open Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, with extended hours on Thursday, May 13, until 7 pm.

To schedule an appointment, visit cottagehealth.org/myvaccine or cottagehealth.org/mivacuna.

Walk-up vaccinations are also available without an appointment.

Cottage Health is working alongside other vaccine providers in collective efforts to vaccinate people throughout the county and achieve the immunity level needed to end the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more vaccination clinic details, visit cottagehealth.org/covid19.

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The not-for-profit Cottage Health is the leader in providing advanced medical care to the Central Coast region.  Specialties include the Cottage Children’s Medical Center, Level 1 Trauma Center, Neuroscience Institute, Heart & Vascular Center, Center for Orthopedics, and Rehabilitation Hospital. The Cottage Health medical staff is comprised of more than 700 physicians, many with subspecialties typically found only at university medical centers. Last year, the Cottage Health hospitals in Goleta, Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley provided inpatient care for 18,000 people, treated 64,000 patients through their 24-hour emergency departments and helped deliver 2,000 newborns. Cottage Health also offers Cottage Urgent Care Centers throughout the tri-counties, as well as 24-hour access to providers via Cottage Virtual Care, an online service for common conditions.