Health & Fitness

Borough Of Garwood: Don't Forget Your 2nd Shot

If you received the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, you won't be fully immunized until two weeks after your second vaccine dose.'

August 2, 2021

Remember your second shot! If you received the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, you won’t be fully immunized until two weeks after your second vaccine dose. It is not known how effective just one dose of the vaccine would be long-term or how long you would be protected against COVID-19 with just one dose of the vaccine.

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You should get your second dose as close to the recommended date as possible (Pfizer: 21 days; Moderna: 28 days) but there is no maximum amount of time between the first and second doses for either vaccine.


This press release was produced by the Borough of Garwood. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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