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Wrangell’s first clinic for children ages 5 through 11 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is set for Thursday at the Wrangell Medical Center.

Additional clinics will be scheduled.

Parents and guardians can register online at searhc.org, or call the medical center at 907-874-7000 for more information.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved the Pfizer vaccine for young children.

“Vaccines will be available by appointment, and a parent or caregiver must accompany the youth,” Maegan Bosak, a senior SEARHC official in...