Certain immunocompromised individuals can now receive third dose of vaccine
JEFFERSON CITY – Following announcements from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, certain immunocompromised individuals may begin receiving third doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Missouri.
A third dose of the PfizerNBioTech or Moderna vaccines may be administered to moderately to severely immunocompromised people with a medical condition or combination of immunosuppressive medication or treatments including but not limited to the following:
• Immunocompromised by solid organ transplant and taking immune suppressing medications;
• Immunocompromised by active treatment for solid tumor and hematologic malignancies;
• Immunocompromised by receipt of CAR-T cell or hematopoietic stem cell transplant within two years of transplantation or taking immunosuppression therapy;
• Moderate to severe primary immunodeficiency (e.g., DiGeorge, Wiskott-Aldrich syndromes);
• Immuno...