Additional COVID-19 vaccine boosters for Veterans, their spouses & caregivers, VA employees, and CHAMPVA recipients

Starting Monday, April 4, VA Boston will be providing additional booster doses to eligible Veterans, their spouses and caregivers, VA employees, and CHAMPVA recipients at our walk-in vaccine clinics.

A second booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine or Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine may be administered to individuals age 50 and older at least 4 months after receipt of a first booster dose of any authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine.

A second booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine may be administered at least 4 months after the first booster dose of any authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine to individuals age 18 and older with certain immunocompromise conditions. Ask your doctor for more information.

An additional booster dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine or Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine may also be administered to individuals ages 18-49 who are not moderately or severely immunocompromised and who received Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine as both their primary series dose and first booster, at least 4 months after the first Janssen booster dose was received.

The schedule below starts Monday, April 4, 2022.*

Brockton Campus	Jamaica Plain Campus	West Roxbury Campus
Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Mondays 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Fridays 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Building 3 Conference Room A227	Primary Care Area 2nd Floor, Room F2-04	Building 3 Bignami Conference Room 2B-100

Hours and locations may change, so please check the website before visiting at https://www.va.gov/boston-health-care/programs/covid-19-vaccines

* Vaccine clinics and testing sites are closed during all federal holidays.

First boosters are available for adults whose last Moderna or Pfizer vaccine was more than 5 months ago or 2 months ago for the J&J / Janssen vaccine. Full 3^rd and 4^th doses are only for individuals who are immunocompromised; visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html for more information. You must bring your CDC card from previous COVID-19 vaccinations.

Please note that walk-in vaccination clinics are first come, first served, and participants will be offered a vaccine based on clinical need and inventory. Veterans, their spouses and caregivers, VA employees and CHAMPVA recipients under the authority of the SAVE LIVES Act (SLA) must have eligibility established. For faster service at the clinic, you may preregister by visiting https://www.va.gov/health-care/covid-19-vaccine/sign-up/introduction.

If you have additional questions about getting an additional dose / booster of COVID-19 vaccine, please ask your primary care provider. VA Boston HCS patients can call 800-865-3384 and press 3, or message their primary care team through MyHelatheVet at https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/home.

Screening, approved masks and physical distancing are still required at our facilities.

Here is a link to a COVID vaccine flyer for sharing or posting...

• Vaccine-AllClinics-20220404-2.pdf

Very respectfully,

Win

Winfield S. Danielson III
Public Affairs Officer
VA Boston Healthcare System
Mobile: 617-435-7809
winfield.danielsoniii@va.gov