Columbus County issued the following announcement on Oct. 25.
Columbus County Health Department’s plan for the administration of booster vaccines of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson is as follows:
Starting , October 25, we will begin scheduling appointments for the COVID-19 boosters. You can call 910-640-6615 extensions 7070, 7072, or 7074 to schedule an appointment. Please be patient with our staff while we schedule appointments! We will begin administrating vaccines on October 28 from 9am-3:30pm and will continue every day until the demand wanes
Moderna: You can get a booster if it has been at least 6 months since your second COVID shot.
Johnson & Johnson: You need to have had your vaccine at least two months.
You must meet one of the following criteria for both Moderna and J&J:
1. You are 65 or older.
2. You are 18 and older and:
• You live or work in a nursing home or other long-term care residential facility.
• You have a medical condition that puts you at high risk for severe illness, for example obesity, asthma, heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
• You work in a high-risk profession, meaning you come into contact with a lot of people, and you don’t know their vaccination status, for example, health care workers, first responders, teachers, food processing workers, retail and restaurant workers, and public transportation workers.
• You live or work in a place where many people live together, for example, homeless shelters, correctional facilities, migrant farm housing, dormitories or other group living settings in colleges or universities.
As far as “mixing and matching”, the FDA/CDC/ACIP all agree:
Individuals are now able to receive any brand of COVID-19 vaccine for their booster shot. Some people may prefer the vaccine type that they originally received and others may prefer to get a different booster.
Remember we will only have Moderna and J&J here at Columbus County Health Department!
Original source can be found here.
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