After You’ve Been Vaccinated Version en Español Get Your Vaccine Record Protecting Yourself and Others After Getting Vaccinated Tested, safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are helping us safely get back to the people and places we love. It is important to know when you are up-to-date with your vaccines, and the steps we all need to take to keep protecting each other after you’re vaccinated. When am I considered up-to-date? Being up-to-date means that you have received all recommended COVID-19 vaccines, including a booster or additional dose, when you are eligible. The first step to being up-to-date is getting two shots of the Moderna vaccine, two shots of the Pfizer vaccine, or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Once it’s been two weeks since your second shot for Pfizer or Moderna or your only shot for Johnson & Johnson, you are up-to-date until you are eligible for a booster. If you are eligible for a booster, you are not up-to-date until you receive one. After I am up-to-date, what can I do differently? Once you are up-to-date: You can resume activities that you did prior to the pandemic. To reduce the risk of being infected with COVID-19 and its variants, and possibly spreading it to others, wear a well-fitting mask indoors in public. You can travel in the US without getting tested or self-quarantining after traveling. You do not need to quarantine if you are up-to-date on vaccines, including boosters for anyone 12 and older, after an exposure. To allow time for students to catch up with the latest recommendations and to minimize disruption to in-person learning, people age 12-17 years do not need to be excluded from schools if they have gotten their first two doses but have not yet received all eligible boosters. You can opt-out from routine COVID-19 screening testing, such as at work or school. Visit the CDC’s Stay Up-to-Date with Your Vaccines page for more information on how to protect yourself and others. Do I still need to wear a mask? As of January 21, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone two years or older, regardless of vaccines status, wear a well-fitting mask in indoor public settings in areas of substantial or high transmission. In general, people do not need to wear masks when outdoors. In areas of substantial or high transmission, people might choose to wear a mask outdoors when in sustained close contact with other people. People who have a or are taking medications that weaken their immune system, may not be fully protected even if they are up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccines. They should continue to take all precautions recommended for unvaccinated people, including wearing a well-fitted mask, until advised otherwise by their healthcare provider. Wearing a mask over your nose and mouth is required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and while indoors at U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and train stations. Travelers are not required to wear a mask in outdoor areas of a conveyance (like on open deck areas of a ferry or the uncovered top deck of a bus). Everyone, including people who are up-to-date on their vaccines, should wear a well-fitting mask in all K-12 schools, childcare, indoor settings with a large number of children or child-focused activities (e.g., children’s museums), public transportation, healthcare settings, high density congregate settings (e.g., correction and detention facilities, homeless shelters, migrant farm camps), and large crowded indoor venues (e.g., arenas, stadiums). Do I need to get tested? Everyone, regardless of vaccine status, who has symptoms of COVID-19 should get tested. Everyone, regardless of vaccine status, who has had a close contact with someone with COVID-19 , unless they have had a documented COVID-19 infection in the past 90 days. As long as you are up-to-date with your vaccines, including boosters, you do not need to quarantine if exposed. Ready to get vaccinated? Find a local provider now Resources Interim Guidance for Individuals Who Have Been Vaccinated Against COVID-19 (Spanish)
After You’ve Been Vaccinated Version en Español Get Your Vaccine Record Protecting Yourself and Others After Getting Vaccinated Tested, safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are helping us safely get back to the people and places we love. It is important to know when you are up-to-date with your vaccines, and the steps we all need to take to keep protecting each other after you’re vaccinated. When am I considered up-to-date? Being up-to-date means that you have received all recommended COVID-19 vaccines, including a booster or additional dose, when you are eligible. The first step to being up-to-date is getting two shots of the Moderna vaccine, two shots of the Pfizer vaccine, or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Once it’s been two weeks since your second shot for Pfizer or Moderna or your only shot for Johnson & Johnson, you are up-to-date until you are eligible for a booster. If you are eligible for a booster, you are not up-to-date until you receive one. After I am up-to-date, what can I do differently? Once you are up-to-date: You can resume activities that you did prior to the pandemic. To reduce the risk of being infected with COVID-19 and its variants, and possibly spreading it to others, wear a well-fitting mask indoors in public. You can travel in the US without getting tested or self-quarantining after traveling. You do not need to quarantine if you are up-to-date on vaccines, including boosters for anyone 12 and older, after an exposure. To allow time for students to catch up with the latest recommendations and to minimize disruption to in-person learning, people age 12-17 years do not need to be excluded from schools if they have gotten their first two doses but have not yet received all eligible boosters. You can opt-out from routine COVID-19 screening testing, such as at work or school. Visit the CDC’s Stay Up-to-Date with Your Vaccines page for more information on how to protect yourself and others. Do I still need to wear a mask? As of January 21, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone two years or older, regardless of vaccines status, wear a well-fitting mask in indoor public settings in areas of substantial or high transmission. In general, people do not need to wear masks when outdoors. In areas of substantial or high transmission, people might choose to wear a mask outdoors when in sustained close contact with other people. People who have a or are taking medications that weaken their immune system, may not be fully protected even if they are up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccines. They should continue to take all precautions recommended for unvaccinated people, including wearing a well-fitted mask, until advised otherwise by their healthcare provider. Wearing a mask over your nose and mouth is required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and while indoors at U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and train stations. Travelers are not required to wear a mask in outdoor areas of a conveyance (like on open deck areas of a ferry or the uncovered top deck of a bus). Everyone, including people who are up-to-date on their vaccines, should wear a well-fitting mask in all K-12 schools, childcare, indoor settings with a large number of children or child-focused activities (e.g., children’s museums), public transportation, healthcare settings, high density congregate settings (e.g., correction and detention facilities, homeless shelters, migrant farm camps), and large crowded indoor venues (e.g., arenas, stadiums). Do I need to get tested? Everyone, regardless of vaccine status, who has symptoms of COVID-19 should get tested. Everyone, regardless of vaccine status, who has had a close contact with someone with COVID-19 , unless they have had a documented COVID-19 infection in the past 90 days. As long as you are up-to-date with your vaccines, including boosters, you do not need to quarantine if exposed. Ready to get vaccinated? Find a local provider now Resources Interim Guidance for Individuals Who Have Been Vaccinated Against COVID-19 (Spanish)
