Overview

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 can lower your risk of getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Vaccines can also help prevent serious illness and death.

Find a Vaccine Clinic

6 months – 4 years COVID-19Vaccination Clinic Sites:

• CT Vaccine Portal (Ages 6 months+)
• CVS Minute Clinic (Pfizer; 18 months + – Waterbury, Southbury, New Milford)
• Community Health Center Pop up Clinics (6 months – 5 yrs call 860-347-6971)

General COVID-19 Vaccine Finders:

• Vaccines.gov
• Nearby Covid-19 Vaccine Sites
• Griffin/DPH Yellow Van COVID-19 Clinics

Essential Info

COVID-19 Vaccine Information:

On December 9th, 2022, CDC expanded the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 6 months-5 years. Please see the CDC and FDA media statements for additional information. Click here for the CDC COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

• Approved or Authorized Vaccines: Three COVID-19 vaccines are authorized or approved for use in the United States to prevent COVID-19. Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna are COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and are preferred. You may get Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine in some situations.
• Up to Date: If you have completed a COVID-19 vaccine primary series and received the most recent booster dose recommended for you by CDC.
• Mixing COVID-19 Vaccine Products: The CDC does NOT recommend mixing COVID-19 vaccine products during your primary series. Click here to learn more about mixing COVID-19 Vaccine Products.
• Bivalent: add Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 spike protein components to the current vaccine composition
• HVHD COVID-19 Vaccine Cheat Sheet.

Resources

• Connecticut Immunization Program
• COVID-19 vaccines

Forms

• HVHD Unaccompanied Minor Form

Updated: March 10, 2023

COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility Cheat Sheet

View/download the COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility Cheat Sheet based on the CDC Vaccine page.