Pre-registration will be required, but vaccination efforts are planned for next Monday and Wednesday at three Ogden junior high schools and next Tuesday and Thursday at eight Weber School District grade schools. Nomi Health is handling the vaccinations, open to all ages, with online registration at getmyshot.utah.gov/mobile.

School officials say they’ll be getting more details to parents, who will have to give permission for their kids to be vaccinated.

“We’ve experienced a lot of up-front interest,” Weber-Morgan Health Department spokeswoman Lori Buttars said, alluding to calls her office has been receiving from parents wanting to get their kids vaccinated. “We hope that continues.”

In addition to the Nomi Health clinics at schools, the Weber-Morgan Health Department will hold its own clinics as well, open to anyone 5 or older.

Likewise, the Davis County Health Department will open the vaccinations it offers at its drive-thru clinic at the Legacy Events Center to those 5 and up starting next Monday. Registration is required at go.usa.gov/xAZFD.

Federal health officials have long been discussing whether to open up vaccinations to kids younger than 12. On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a recommendation that those aged 5-11 get vaccinated, joining those aged 12 and up.

“The recommendation clears the way to begin vaccinating the nearly 366,000 Utah children in this age group who are now eligible,” using the two-dose Pfizer vaccine, the Utah Department of Health said in a statement. Buttars said there are around 30,000 kids aged 5-11 in Weber and Morgan counties.

In anticipation of the recommendation, the Utah Department of Health started ordering pediatric doses of the Pfizer vaccine last week, with more orders to come. “We need to keep kids out of the hospital and now we can through vaccination. I really want to encourage parents to go get their kids vaccinated, not only will it protect the child but also all the people around them,” Leisha Nolen, the state epidemiologist, said in a statement.

SOME OF THE CLINIC DETAILS

Here are more details on the area vaccination clinics geared to those aged 5 and up:

In the Ogden School District, vaccines will be offered at Highland, Mound Fort and Mount Ogden junior high schools. First doses will be offered next Monday and Wednesday while second doses will be offered Nov. 29 and Dec. 1. All shots will be offered from 3:30-6:30 p.m.

In the Weber School District, vaccines will be offered at Plain City, Farr West, Bates, Green Acres, Freedom, North Park, Washington Terrace and Burch Creek elementary schools. First doses will be offered next Tuesday and Thursday, Nov. 11, with second doses on Nov. 30 and Dec. 2. Vaccinations will be provided from 3-7 p.m. at each location.

The Weber-Morgan Health Department will be hosting clinics open to kids and others at the Weber State University Community Education Center at 2605 Monroe Blvd. in Ogden on Mondays and Wednesdays from noon to 7 p.m. It will also host a clinic at the health department offices in Ogden on Monday from 1-7 p.m. and at the Morgan Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center in Morgan on Monday and Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Go to vaccinate.utah.gov to register for the health department clinics or call at 801-399-7100.

The Davis County Health Department clinics at Legacy Events Center will start offering vaccines to kids in the 5-11 age range next Monday. Next week, the clinic will operate from Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. After that, hours will be Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.