Iowa City, Iowa — The latest COVID-19 shots from Pfizer and Moderna are now available across Iowa for anyone ages six months or older. It’s reported the vaccines protect against the widely-circulating KP-two Omicron variant.
Mike Brownlee, chief pharmacy officer at the University of Iowa Health Care, recommends everyone eligible get the shot, especially those who are immunocompromised or 65 and older, as those groups are at higher risk for getting severely ill.
Brownlee says people can get the COVID shot at the same time as they get their shots for the flu and RSV.
The Centers for Disease Control recommends waiting three months after a COVID infection to get the vaccine.
