The State Begins to Focus on the Younger Population for Vaccines

West Virginia’s coronavirus vaccination campaign will turn to young people to stem transmission rates after giving shots to most senior citizens. The new strategy to focus on shots for residents aged 16 to 29 comes after officials said they are seeing an increase in doses. Gov. Jim Justice said more than 70% of residents aged 65 and over are at least partially vaccinated, but he set a new goal of covering 85% of that population. But he said the state’s focus could now begin shifting to high school and college students and other young adults.The state expects an increase in its federal delivery of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is the only one that currently is allowed for 16- and 17-year-olds. Residents can pre-register for a vaccine at vaccinate.wv.gov or call 1-833-734-0965.