COVID-19 Vaccinations

Protect yourself, your family, and your community.

Vaccines will help bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end. 

COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in US history. 

The CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months and older and boosters for everyone 5 years and older, if eligible.  

Use CDC’s COVID-19 booster tool to learn if and when your child or teen can get boosters to stay up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines. Majol  |  Español

Get Vaccinated and Stay Up to Date

For the best protection, everyone 6 months and older is recommended to stay up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines, which includes getting boosters if eligible.

A person is fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving all recommended doses in the primary series of their COVID-19 vaccination.

A person is up to date with their COVID-19 vaccination if they have received all recommended doses in the primary series and one booster when eligible. Getting a second booster is not necessary to be considered up to date at this time.

As with vaccines for other diseases, people are best protected against infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 when they stay up to date with vaccinations. Get more information.

Who Can Get a Booster Shot

• Everyone ages 5 years and older should get 1 booster after completing their COVID-19 vaccine primary series.

• Adults ages 50 years and older and people ages 12 years and older who are moderately or severely immunocompromised should get 2 boosters.

Get more information on when you can get a booster.

Remember:

• You do not have to get your booster shot where you received your first series/shot.
• You may choose which COVID-19 vaccine you receive as a booster shot. Some people may prefer the vaccine type that they originally received, and others may prefer to get a different booster. CDC’s recommendations now allow for this type of mix and match dosing for booster shots.
• Please take your CDC Vaccination Record card to your booster shot appointment so the provider can fill in the information about your booster dose.