Attention Mississippi County residents - The Mississippi County Health Department now has the new UPDATED COVID-19 BOOSTERS (Moderna & Pfizer) available. We will be giving these boosters this WEDNESDAY during our regular COVID Vaccine Clinic from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
On September 1st, the CDC updated their recommendations for use of the updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer for people ages 12 years and older and from Moderna for people ages 18 years and older.
The Moderna and Pfizer bivalent boosters both target two strains of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 – the original strain of the virus and two of the Omicron subvariants (BA.4 and BA.5), which are currently the most widespread variants globally. Only individuals who have completed their primary vaccination series (two doses of Pfizer or Moderna or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) are eligible to receive the bivalent booster. Those who have recently received Novavax are not yet eligible for any booster at this time.
Individuals are eligible for the bivalent booster two months since their last primary or booster dose of Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson. The previous monovalent booster will no longer be available to persons 12 and older; the FDA is removing authorization for those boosters to reduce provider confusion for staff administering vaccines.
The Pfizer bivalent booster is currently authorized for ages 12 and older while Moderna’s is currently authorized for 18 years of age and older. Individuals may choose to receive either the Pfizer or Moderna bivalent booster, regardless of which primary series vaccine or original booster dose they had previously.
If you have not been vaccinated or have not completed your primary series, you can get your primary series through Mississippi County Health Department at this time as well. We offer Moderna or Pfizer for primary series.
Call us at #573-683-2191 today to schedule, or click the link below to schedule for either our Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccine clinic this Wednesday.
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=21968307
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