{"id":18011,"date":"2021-09-26T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=18011"},"modified":"2021-09-26T10:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T15:00:20","slug":"tennessee-department-of-health-offering-booster-dose-of-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2021\/09\/26\/tennessee-department-of-health-offering-booster-dose-of-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Department of Health Offering Booster Dose of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-326272\" title=\"Tennessee Department of Health\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tennessee-Department-of-Health.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Department of Health\" width=\"240\" height=\"108\"><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; The Tennessee Department of Health has begun offering booster doses of COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine to certain populations.<\/p>\n<p>A single dose booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine can be administered for individuals who met these criteria:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Vaccine.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18012\" title=\"COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Vaccine-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Vaccine-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Vaccine-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Vaccine-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Vaccine-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Vaccine.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Criteria<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>People 65 years and older and residents in long-term care settings should receive a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech\u2019s COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine at least 6 months after their Pfizer-BioNTech primary series,<\/li>\n<li>People aged 50\u201364 years with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/need-extra-precautions\/people-with-medical-conditions.html\" >underlying medical conditions<\/a> should receive a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech\u2019s COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine at least 6 months after their Pfizer-BioNTech primary series,<\/li>\n<li>People aged 18\u201349 years with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/need-extra-precautions\/people-with-medical-conditions.html\" >underlying medical conditions<\/a> may receive a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech\u2019s COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine at least 6 months after their Pfizer-BioNTech primary series, based on their individual benefits and risks, and<\/li>\n<li>People aged 18-64 years who are at increased risk for COVID-19 Coronavirus exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional setting may receive a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech\u2019s COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine at least 6 months after their Pfizer-BioNTech primary series, based on their individual benefits and risks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information on the CDC\u2019s recommendation for a booster dose is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2021\/p0924-booster-recommendations-.html\" >available online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[320left]Local health departments across the state will be administering the booster dose. Information on appointment availability can be found at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/covid19.tn.gov\/covid-19-vaccines\/availability\/\" >https:\/\/covid19.tn.gov\/covid-19-vaccines\/availability\/<\/a>. Appointments are not required.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Pharmacy Partnership (FPP) for Long-Term Care (LTC) Program is facilitating on-site vaccination for residents in long-term care facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Additional vaccine providers offering the Pfizer vaccine can be found by visiting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vaccines.gov\/\" >http:\/\/www.vaccines.gov<\/a>. Patients do not need to prove their diagnosis or health condition to be eligible for the booster dose.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the Tennessee Department of Health is to protect, promote and improve the health and prosperity of people in Tennessee. Learn more about TDH services and programs at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\" >www.tn.gov\/health<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; The Tennessee Department of Health has begun offering booster doses of COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine to certain populations. A single dose booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine can be administered for individuals who met these criteria:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[13257,12675,12712,12846,13361,107,549,284,13158,7379,513,1420],"class_list":["post-18011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-biontech","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-vaccine","tag-covid-19-vaccine-booster","tag-featured","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-pfizer","tag-tdh","tag-tennessee-department-of-health","tag-vaccine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18013,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011\/revisions\/18013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}