![]() ![]() We offer COVID-19 vaccines to all Veterans who are enrolled in VA health care and eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine based on CDC recommendations. This is especially important as new forms (or “variants”) of the coronavirus spread more quickly in the U.S. It’s the best way to protect yourself, your family, and your community against COVID-19. We encourage you to stay up to date with all of your recommended vaccines. We offer free COVID-19 testing to eligible Veterans who are enrolled in VA health care.įind out how to get COVID-19 testing through VA They may prescribe additional doses for you. You have certain conditions that weaken your immune system and it’s been at least 2 months since your first updated COVID-19 vaccine dose. Ask your provider how many doses they recommend for you. ![]() You’re 65 years of age or older and it’s been at least 4 months since your first updated COVID-19 vaccine dose, or.You may be eligible to get an additional dose if one of these is true for you: If you already had one dose of the updated vaccine If you have certain conditions that weaken your immune system, your provider may prescribe more than one dose. This is true even if you never got the original (monovalent) vaccine. You should get a single dose of the updated vaccine now. The CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older get an updated (bivalent) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. This means that only Veterans enrolled in VA health care are now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine at VA. The federal COVID-19 public health emergency ended on May 11, 2023. Latest updates: Change in eligibility requirements for vaccines at VA ![]()
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