Photo Gallery: Vaccination Clinic Provides Jabs For Children

Arlington TX

31 January, 2022

6:08 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report January 31, 2022 The city of Fort Worth Code Compliance department partnered with the Fort Worth Fire Department to provide COVID-19 shots to kids ages 5 through 11 and their parents at the Bob Bolen Safety Complex, 505 W. Felix St., Jan. 31. The two departments have been administering vaccinations at the Bob Bolen Safety Complex since early November 2021 and at the Wilkerson-Greines Activities Center, 5201 Ca Roberson Blvd., before that. Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson doses are available to the public, but Pfizer doses are the only ones approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for children 5 to 11. City employees are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. On average, the Bob Bolen Safety Complex administers 60 to 80 jabs a day with their highest recent number being 91 vaccines on Jan. 28. The busiest times for the centers are after school and work hours closer to the end of the day — 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.