What You Need to Know
- CDC recommends the 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax, to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.
- Everyone aged 5 years and older ‡ should get 1 dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.
- Children aged 6 months–4 years need multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be up to date, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.
- People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine.
- COVID-19 vaccine recommendations will be updated as needed.
Recommendations for Everyone Aged 5 Years and Older
Everyone aged 5 years and older ‡ should get 1 dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19. None of the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines is preferred over another.
Children aged 5 years – 11 years who are unvaccinated or have previously gotten a COVID-19 vaccine before September 12, 2023, should get 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
People aged 12 years and older who are unvaccinated should get either:
1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, OR
2 doses of updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.
People aged 12 years and older who got COVID-19 vaccines before September 12, 2023, should get 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.
Recommendations for Children Aged 6 Months—4 Years
Children Who Are Not Vaccinated
Children aged 6 months–4 years should get two or three doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine depending on which vaccine they receive.
- Children aged 6 months–4 years who got COVID-19 vaccines before September 12, 2023, should get one or two doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine depending on which vaccine and the number of doses they’ve previously received.
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Recommendation for People Who May Get Additional Updated COVID-19 Vaccines
- Everyone aged 5 years and older: You are up to date when you get 1 updated COVID-19 vaccine
- Children aged 6 months—4 years: You are up to date when you get all recommended doses, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.
- People who got the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine: You are up to date when you get 1 updated COVID-19 vaccine.