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For Immediate Release
September 1, 2022
Contact: Elizabeth Goodsitt/Jennifer Miller 608-266-1683
Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake?s Statement on CDC?s COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Vaccine Recommendations
?The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is pleased to see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s (CDC) recommendation that eligible Wisconsinites will soon have additional protection against COVID-19 with the approval of COVID-19 bivalent boosters. These bivalent boosters were developed through rigorous processes to provide broad protection against COVID-19 by including components of the original virus strain and the Omicron variant.?
This recommendation follows the decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize a single-dose Moderna COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine for people 18 and up, and a single-dose Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine for people 12 and up. With the authorization of these updated boosters, the FDA amended its authorization of the previous (monovalent) vaccines for use as booster doses. These are no longer authorized for use as booster doses for people 12 and older, and remain authorized as safe and effective as primary series vaccines against COVID-19 and as a single booster dose for people 5 to 11.?
Once CDC releases updated clinical guidance, DHS will review the recommendation as quickly as possible and update our vaccination guidance accordingly."
View the entire statement.
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