This vaccine card documents important information about the doses you received.
To keep your card protected, you may have laminated it.
Eligible individuals 18 years and older are able to choose any authorized COVID-19 booster.
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Adolescents ages 12 to 17 who completed Pfizer’s primary series are only eligible for the Pfizer booster.
All vaccine sites have the ability to make you a new card.
In some cases, records are part of citywide or statewide databases.
For example, New York City uses a system called Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR).
Vaccinators are required to input your vaccine datawithin 24 hours of administering itto a vaccine database, Jordan explains.
So your vaccination records can be accessed electronically anytime 24 hours or more post an injection.
Jordan says the CIR database helped her accurately reissue cards while working at vaccine sites.
Not all municipalities use a database like CIR.
Vaccination providers are required to report COVID-19 vaccinations to IIS and related systems, says the CDC.
However, these tools cannot serve as official vaccination records.
Kathleen Jordan, MD
If you lost, laminated, or otherwise mangled your vaccine cardno problem.
All vaccine sites have the ability to make you a new card.
Will We Always Need COVID-19 Vaccine cards?
However, Jordan suspects that electronic records will become more commonplace.
It will be a timestamped memorabilia to help us remember this incredible pandemic journey, she says.
What This Means For You
Dont worry if you laminated your COVID-19 vaccine card.
If youre eligible for a booster shot, bring the card with you to your appointment.
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