Los Angeles and Long Beach: COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations Now Available

Second Booster Doses Available to Eligible Residents at Public Health Operated Vaccination Sites

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration March 29, authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for individuals 50 years of age and older at least 4 months after they received their first booster dose. Public Health sites are prepared to administer second booster doses to eligible people.

Eligible residents can also check with their local vaccination sites about the availability of the second booster dose.

Details: VaccinateLACounty.com 

City Begins Administering Second COVID-19 Booster Doses for Eligible People

Effective immediately, the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services will begin administering second booster doses of either the Pfizer-BioNTech (Pfizer) or the Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for eligible people.

The following people may receive their second booster four months after their first booster:

• Those 50 years of age and older who received an mRNA vaccine as their first booster dose
• All adults 18 and older who received Johnson & Johnson as their primary booster dose
• People 12 years of age and older who are immunocompromised (Pfizer only)
• People 18 years of age and older who are immunocompromised

Free COVID-19 vaccinations are available six days a week in Long Beach. The vaccination schedule is as follows:

• Cabrillo High School (2001 Santa Fe Ave.)
• Fridays, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
• Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Long Beach City College, Pacific Coast Campus (Parking Lot 1, at the corner of Orange Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway)
• Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.
• Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Houghton Park (6301 Myrtle Ave.)
• Mondays through Wednesdays, 1 to 5 p.m.
• Thursdays through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• CSULB (6049 E. 7th St.)
• Mondays and Wednesdays in March, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Mondays and Wednesdays in April, noon to 3 p.m.
• El Dorado Park West (2800 N. Studebaker Rd.)
• Wednesdays, 2 to 6 p.m.

Details: 562.570.4636; longbeach.gov/vaxLB