COVID-19

Everyone aged 5 years and older

Everyone aged 5 years and older should get 1 dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19. None of the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines is preferred over another.

Children aged 5-11 years who are unvaccinated or have previously gotten a COVID-19 vaccine before September 12, 2023:

• 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

People aged 12 years and older who got COVID-19 vaccines before September 12, 2023:

• 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.

People aged 12 years and older who are unvaccinated should get either:

• 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, OR 
• 2 doses of updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. 

People who got the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine

You are up to date when you get 1 updated COVID-19 vaccine.

Children aged 6 months—4 years

You are up to date when you get all recommended doses, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.

Children 6 months - 4 years who received previous COVID-19 vaccines before September 12, 2023:

• One or two doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine depending on which vaccine and the number of doses they’ve previously received.

Children 6 months - 4 years who are not vaccinated:

• Two or three doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine depending on which vaccine they receive.

Getting Vaccines If You Recently Had COVID-19

If you recently had COVID-19, you still need to stay up to date with your vaccines, but you may consider delaying your vaccine by 3 months.

Reinfection is less likely in the weeks to months after infection. However, certain factors could be reasons to get a vaccine sooner rather than later, such as:

• personal risk of severe disease,
• risk of disease in a loved one or close contact,
• local COVID-19 hospital admission level,
• and the most common COVID-19 variant currently causing illness.

Recommendation for People Who May Get Additional Updated COVID-19 Vaccines

People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccines. Talk to your healthcare provider about additional updated doses.