Updated Coronavirus Boosters To Be Offered In Suffolk: Info

HAUPPAUGE, NY — Suffolk County is preparing to dole out 200 doses of the updated Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent coronavirus boosters, Executive Steve Bellone announced Wednesday.

The shots are set to be administered at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge on Monday, September 12, and Thursday, September 15, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

“We are excited that we now have updated vaccines that will help protect our residents from the newer variants that have been circulating,” Bellone said. “It is clear that the COVID-19 vaccines have helped to reduce hospital and ICU admissions throughout the country. We need to continue to lead the way in keeping our vaccination rates high and hospitalizations as low as possible.”

Coronavirus vaccines and boosters continue to be the most effective tools in reducing the risk of hospitalization, complications, and death from COVID-19, said Dr. Gregson Pigott, Suffolk County health commissioner.

"As the virus that causes COVID-19 changes, so must the tools we use to fight the virus and its latest variants," Pigott said.

People 18 and older are eligible for a single booster dose of the new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, bivalent if it has been at least two months since they got their first shot or have received the most recent booster dose with any authorized or approved monovalent COVID-19 vaccine.

People 12 years and older are eligible for a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bivalent if it has been at least two months since they got their first shot or have received the most recent booster dose with any authorized or approved monovalent COVID-19 vaccine.

Children ages 5 through 11 who have completed Pfizer-BioNTech’s primary vaccine series may continue to receive the company’s original monovalent booster at least 5 months after their most recent dose, according to the county.

Children ages 6 months through 4 years are currently not authorized for any COVID-19 booster doses.

You can register for the updated booster doses here or by calling 311.

For more information, you may visit the county's website.