![]() ![]() January 4: The CDC recommends shortening the interval for the Pfizer booster vaccine from 6 months to 5 months for people who received the vaccine. This means that people who initially received an mRNA vaccine series – two doses of Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech – can now receive an mRNA booster shot 5 months after completing their initial series. January 7: The CDC recommends the Moderna booster at 5 months, shortening the interval from 6 months to 5 months. ![]() In addition, adults who received a primary vaccine and booster dose of the J&J vaccine at least 4 months ago may now receive an additional booster dose using the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. March 30: Metro Health will be following the CDC’s recommendations to allow certain immunocompromised individuals and people age 50 and older who received an initial Pfizer or Moderna booster dose at least 4 months ago to be eligible for another booster to increase their protection against severe disease from COVID-19. May 19: CDC now recommends that children ages 5 through 11 years should receive a booster shot 5 months after their initial Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination series. Safety and other common concerns are addressed by CDC in article 6 Things to Know about COVID-19 Vaccination for Children. All children, including children who have already had COVID-19, should get vaccinated. Parents and caregivers can now get their children 6 months through 5 years of age vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines to better protect them from COVID-19. This expands eligibility for vaccination to nearly 20 million additional children and means that all Americans ages 6 months and older are now eligible for vaccination. ![]() June 18: The CDC recommends that all children 6 months through 5 years of age should receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Having multiple types of vaccines offers more options and flexibility for the public, jurisdictions, and vaccine providers. Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, which will be available, is an important tool in the pandemic and provides a more familiar type of COVID-19 vaccine technology for adults. July 19: The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommended the Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as another primary series option for adults ages 18 years and older. This recommendation follows FDA’s authorization to authorize the vaccine for this age group under emergency use. September 2: The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommends the use of updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for people ages 12 years and older and from Moderna for people ages 18 years and older.Īugust 22: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the use of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine as another primary series option for adolescents ages 12 through 17. The bivalent Pfizer vaccine is now approved for children ages 5 through 11 years, and from Moderna for children and adolescents ages 6 through 17 years. October 12: The CDC expands the updated COVID-19 vaccines to include children ages 5 through 11. This action gives people ages 18 years and older the option to receive a Novavax monovalent booster instead of an updated (bivalent) Pfizer or Moderna booster if they have completed primary series vaccination but have not previously received a COVID-19 booster-and if they cannot or will not receive mRNA vaccines. October 19: The CDC follows the FDA's authorization to allow for Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults. Children ages 6 months through 4 years who are currently completing a Pfizer primary series will receive a Pfizer bivalent vaccine as their third primary dose. ![]() Children ages 6 months through 5 years who previously completed a Moderna primary series are eligible to receive a Moderna bivalent booster 2 months after their final primary series dose. Note: Pop-up clinic locations are subject to change, please verify the site is open before going.ĭecember 9: The CDC expands the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 6 months through 5 years. Vaccines can be obtained at any location offering the COVID-19 vaccines. You do not need to return to the same location to get your additional COVID-19 vaccine doses. You do not need insurance to get a vaccine. For any questions, call 311 or 210.207.6000 or email COVID-19 vaccines and Back To School vaccines (K-12) are available at no cost at Metro Health pop-up clinics. Metro Health is working with community agencies to host COVID-19 “pop-up” vaccine clinics using health and equity data to coordinate events.
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