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Vaccinations

Vaccines for Children 5-11

The Pfizer Vaccine is now availbale for children ages 5-11. The Health Department administers the vaccine on Wednesday afternoons. To make an appointment for your child, call 828-426-8400.

COVID Booster Shot

PFIZER

You can get a booster if it has been at least 6 months since your second Pfizer shot, and one of the following is true:

  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.

MODERNA

Moderna boosters are now available to those:

  • 65 years of age and older
  • 18 through 64 years of age at high risk of severe COVID-19
  • 18 through 64 years of age with frequent institutional or occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Additionally, you must wait

  • At least 1 month since your 2nd dose if you are immunocompromised
  • At least 6 months since 2nd dose for all others

To schedule a booster shot, call 828-426-8400.

 

 
To schedule a FREE COVID vaccine appointment,
call 828-426-8400,
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
** SAME DAY appointments may be available**
 
The Health Departments administers vaccines Tuesday through Thursday 9-11:30 a.m. and from 1-4 p.m. On Wednesdays, the department administers Pfizer for children ages 12 and older. Moderna is for adults 18 and older.

 

For information about appointments at other locations, visit vaccinefinder.org or myspot.nc.gov.

Learn more at covid19.ncdhhs.gov/vaccines

 

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