First boosters
You can get a first booster if you:
- are aged 16 or over
- have completed your primary course of the vaccine (for most people, this is 2 doses).
If you are aged 16 or 17, you can get a Pfizer booster 6 months after your last dose.
If you are 18 or over, you can get a Pfizer booster 3 months after your last dose, or a Novavax booster 6 months after your last dose.
Second boosters
You can get a second booster if you are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19.
This includes:
- everyone aged 50 and over
- Māori and Pacific peoples aged 40 and over
- healthcare, aged care and disability workers aged 30 and over
- residents of aged care and disability care facilities
- severely immunocompromised people who received a 3-dose primary course and a fourth dose as a first booster (this would be a fifth dose for these people)
- people aged 16 and over who live with disability with significant or complex health needs or multiple comorbidities
- people aged 16 and over with a medical condition that increases the risk of severe COVID-19 illness.
If you are eligible, you can get your second booster 6 months after your first booster.
Clinical criteria in support of second booster eligibility | Ministry of Health (external link)
