COVID-19 – Vaccinations for Children

CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccines for everyone six months and older. This includes people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, people who have had COVID-19, and people with long COVID.

You can visit COVID.gov as a one-stop shop website that helps all people in the United States gain even better access to lifesaving tools like vaccines, tests, and treatments. This site is available in English, Spanish, and Chinese.

Recommendations, Information, and Resources

The CDC recommends children ages six months and older get a COVID-19 vaccine to help protect against COVID-19. While COVID-19 tends to be milder in children compared with adults, it can make children very sick and cause children to be hospitalized. In some situations, the complications from infection can lead to death.

Although children are at a lower risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19 compared with adults, children can: 

• Be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19
• Get very sick from COVID-19
• Have both short and long-term health complications from COVID-19
• Spread COVID-19 to others

Find a COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Six Months and Older

• https://www.vaccines.gov/en/Check with your child’s healthcare provider about whether they offer COVID-19 vaccination.
• Check your local pharmacy’s website to see if vaccination walk-ins or appointments are available for children.
• Contact your state, territorial, local, or tribal health department for more information.
• Search vaccines.gov, text your ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find locations near you.