Everyone age 6 months and older should get the updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine.
People who have previously received a COVID-19 vaccine should get the following doses of the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccines to be considered up to date:
- Children age 6 months to 4 years should receive all recommended doses, including at least one dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
- Children age 5 to 11 years should receive one dose of the 2024–25 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine OR 2024–25 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Children under 12 years can NOT get the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.
- People age 12 years and older should receive one dose of the 2024–25 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine OR 2024–25 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine OR 2024-25 Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. People age 12 years and older who have never been vaccinated and choose to get the Novavax vaccine need two doses to be up to date.
Those who have never received a COVID-19 vaccine should get the following doses of the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccines to be considered up to date:
- Children age 6 months to 4 years should get two or three doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccine. The number of doses depends on which vaccine they receive.
- Children age 5 years to 11 years who are unvaccinated or received a COVID-19 vaccine before September 12, 2023, should get one updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
- People age 12 years and older should get either:
- 1 dose of the updated Pfizer BioNTech vaccine
- 1 dose of the updated Moderna vaccine
- 2 doses of the updated Novavax vaccine between 3-8 weeks apart
- People age 65 years and older who have not received any COVID-19 vaccine doses and choose to get Novavax should get two doses of the updated Novavax vaccine, followed by one additional dose of any updated 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated September 18, 2024
