The CDC now recommends an updated "bivalent" COVID-19 booster, which targets the variants that are making people sick right now, for everyone aged 6 months and older. The number and timing of vaccine doses are determined by the age of the patient and brand of vaccine. Read the December 9 news release from the CDC for more information.
Visit an MCPH clinic or local pharmacy to get your bivalent booster and flu shot. MCPH clinic locations and hours are listed below.
COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the
Pfizer and
Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for everyone aged 6 months and older and the
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 12 and older, including pregnant women and
people with compromised immune systems.
The CDC recommends the new Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccine formualtions
(which contain mRNA parts of the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants in addition to mRNA parts from the original strain of the coronavirus) as boosters that are effective against the variants of the virus that are making people sick now. Two recent CDC reports showed that the bivalent vacccine cuts the risk of
being hospitalized with COVID-19 or
needing to go to an emergency department/urgent care facility by half or more for most people. Another CDC report showed that people who got the bivalent vaccine were
14 times less likely to die from COVID-19 than unvaccinated people and 3 times less likely to die from COVID-19 than people who got only the original (monovalent) vaccine.
The total number of vaccine doses a person gets and the recommended timing of shots depend on how old the person is and what brand of vaccine they are getting. See the current COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from the CDC for more information. Your health care provider will be able to tell you what shots you should get and when you should get them.
Find the COVID-19 Vaccine Near You
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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To streamline our COVID-19 vaccination response, MCPH stopped offering Moderna products on December 31, 2022. We continue to offer all Pfizer and Novavax vaccine products. For a list of providers in your area who offer Moderna products, please visit
Vaccines.gov.
Make an appointment or walk in to get the vaccine at MCPH
Call 704-336-6500