Effective immediately, the Allentown Health Bureau will administer the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children under 5, as young as 6 months old.

The health bureau will administer these shots 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 245 N. 6th St.

Appointments are not needed.

The Pfizer vaccine for children ages 6 months to 4 years old is administered in a three-dose series.

The first and second dose must be separated by 21 days and the second and third dose must be separated by eight weeks.