La Porte County Health Department reminding public that FDA has approved second COVID booster for certain groups

The La Porte County Health Department is sharing the information that the FDA has approved a second COVID-19 booster for the following groups:

-A second booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine or Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine may be administered to individuals 50 years of age and older at least 4 months after receipt of a first booster dose of any authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine.

-A second booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine may be administered to
individuals 12 years of age and older with certain kinds of immunocompromise at least 4 months
after receipt of a first booster dose of any authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine. These are
people who have undergone solid organ transplantation, or who are living with conditions that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromise.

-A second booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine may be administered at least 4 months after the first booster dose of any authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine to individuals 18 years of age and older with the same certain kinds of immunocompromise.