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Vaccine Information for Providers

2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccines Are Recommended for Everyone Ages 6 Months and Older

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend use of 2024-2025 updated COVID-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months of age and older. The updated vaccines are monovalent products targeted at the omicron JN.1 lineage or its KP.2 subvariant. Data show that the updated vaccines increase the immune response against other circulating variants.

2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines targeted at older variants are no longer authorized or approved for use in the United States.

COVID-19 vaccines remain our best defense against COVID-19 and have saved millions of lives. Providers should offer and encourage vaccination to all their patients, especially those at increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness, hospitalization and death.


If you do not offer COVID-19 vaccines, refer patients to Vaccine Finder to find a vaccination site, including hundreds of pharmacies and health centers around the city. Uninsured patients can find locations offering no-cost vaccination services on Vaccine Finder.


Products and Schedule

Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine products from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax have been authorized or approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Everyone ages 6 months and older should receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine.

  • Everyone ages 5 years and older should receive one dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of what doses they have previously received or if they have received no prior doses. One dose is all that is needed for patients who are not moderately or severely immunocompromised to be up to date.
  • Children ages 6 months through 4 years should complete a multi-dose initial series (two doses of Moderna or three doses of Pfizer), with at least one dose of the updated COVID-19 vaccine.
  • People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised should complete a three-dose initial series with at least one dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine and may receive one or more additional updated doses.

Additional details:


Reporting

Providers administering COVID-19 vaccine to adults ages 19 years and older must now seek patient consent for reporting to the Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR), similar to other vaccines administered to adults. Work with your electronic health record (EHR) vendor to ensure the consent field is sent from the EHR to CIR.

CIR reporting is required for all vaccines administered to children 0 to 18 years, including updated COVID-19 vaccines.

Certain adverse events must be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).


Vaccines for Uninsured Individuals

No-cost vaccines for eligible children are available through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. Providers can fill out the Vaccines for Children Enrollment Form to begin the VFC enrollment process. Refer to the NYC VFC Provider Requirements for more information.

Due to congressional budget rescissions, 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines will not be available for ordering through the NYC Vaccines for Adults (VFA) Program.

The Health Department partners with certain health centers across NYC to provide no-cost COVID-19 and flu vaccination services to adults who are uninsured and underinsured.

NYC’s Vaccine Finder website lists sites offering no-cost vaccine.