CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – Multiple locations are available next week for COVID-19 vaccines and first and second dose booster shots. City-County Public Health District immunization clinics will be closed Monday, June 20 for the June 19 holiday, but will reopen Tuesday, June 21. However, clinics at La Palmera Mall and former Corpus Christi Bay outlets in Robstown will remain open as planned. Vaccines for children are available free of charge with parental consent at all city and county public health district immunization clinics.
Vaccines
The CDC recommends that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine be given to children age five and older given as a series of two doses, three weeks apart. People between the ages of 5 and 17 must have verbal or written parental permission to receive a Pfizer vaccine.
- The first and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine are available for anyone over the age of 5
- The first and second doses of the Moderna vaccine are available to anyone over the age of 18
- Johnson & Johnson’s ‘one and done’ vaccine is available to anyone over 18
Third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are available for the following Pfizer and Moderna vaccinees who completed their initial series at least 28 days ago and are:
The CDC recommends immunocompromised people who have received a primary Johnson & Johnson vaccine receive an additional Pfizer or Moderna vaccine four weeks after their initial dose.
Things to know:
- To pre-register online, go to www.cctexas.com/vaccineregistration and click on the “Vaccination Registration” link. You must obtain a Quick Response (QR) code during online pre-registration once online pre-registration reaches the limit, you will not be able to register until additional vaccines become available
- Walk-ins are welcome on a first-come, first-served basis
- If you received the Moderna vaccine for your first dose, you should receive the Moderna vaccine for your second dose
- If you registered for the first dose, you do not need to re-register for the second dose
- Pre-register by calling 361-826-7200, option 2
recall shots
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their clinical recommendations to include the following:
First dose reminder shots:
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as a single booster dose for children aged 5 to 11 years, five months after receiving their first series of COVID-19 vaccines
- The first booster doses of Pfizer COVID-19 can be given to anyone aged 12 years and over at least five months after receiving a primary series of 2 doses of mRNA: can be given after three months if immunocompromised
- Moderna COVID-19 first-dose booster shots can be given to anyone 18 years of age or older at least five months after receiving a primary series of 2 doses of mRNA; can be administered after three months if immunocompromised
- People who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for their primary series can receive any first COVID-19 booster dose after two months
Second dose reminder shots
- The booster injections of the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna The COVID-19 vaccine can be given to people aged 50 and over at least four months after receiving a first booster dose of any licensed or approved COVID-19 vaccine
- The booster injections of the second dose of the Pfizer The COVID-19 vaccine can be given to immunocompromised people aged 12 and over at least four months after receiving a first booster dose of any authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine
- The booster injections of the second dose of the Modern The COVID-19 vaccine can be given to immunocompromised people aged 18 and over at least four months after receiving a first booster dose of any licensed or approved COVID-19 vaccine
- Adults who have received a primary vaccine and a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson The COVID-19 vaccine can be given a second booster dose using the Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccine
Visit www.cctexas.com/coronavirus for more information. You can also find updates on the city’s social networks Facebook @citygov and Twitter @cityofcc.
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