Booster Guidance
Eligibility:
The following groups of New Yorkers are currently eligible for their booster dose:
- New Yorkers 12 years and older who completed the Pfizer-BioNTech initial vaccine series at least five months ago;
- New Yorkers 18 years and older who completed the Moderna initial vaccine series at least five months ago;
- New Yorkers 18 years and older who are at least two months past the single-dose Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
New Yorkers 12 – 17 can only receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster.
For New Yorkers 18 and older, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna (COVID-19 mRNA vaccines) are preferred. You may get Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine in some situations.
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