COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Vaccination

KCHC now offers COVID Bivalent Boosters weekly starting October 18th, 2022, and Flu vaccines

If interested in getting your COVID Bivalent Booster and/or Flu Vaccine, call and make an appointment today.

Who is eligible to receive a single booster dose and when:

  • Individuals 18 years of age and older are eligible for a single booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent if it has been at least two months since they have completed primary vaccination or have received the most recent booster dose with any authorized or approved monovalent COVID-19 vaccine.
  • Individuals 12 years of age and older are eligible for a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent if it has been at least two months since they have completed primary vaccination or have received the most recent booster dose with any authorized or approved monovalent COVID-19 vaccine.

What you need to know:

  • The authorized bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, or updated boosters, include an mRNA component of the original strain to provide an immune response that is broadly protective against COVID-19 and an mRNA component in common between the omicron variant BA.4 and BA.5 lineages to provide better protection against COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant.
  • KCHC only offers Pfizer-BioNTech COVID primary series vaccines and Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent COVID boosters. KCHC offers Primary series to age groups 6 months, 12 years, and older. Please reach out to Public Health for the age group 5-11 years. KCHC offers bivalent COVID boosters to 12 years and older. The bivalent booster is in addition to the primary series and any monovalent boosters received prior.