What is the difference between “fully vaccinated” and “up to date”? (2024)

FAQs

What does it mean to be fully vaccinated and up to date? ›

For example, in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers a person fully vaccinated against COVID-19 if: They have received the recommended number of doses of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine. Completed the recommended waiting period after their final dose.

An individual who has completed a primary series and received a booster is up to date.

How long does the COVID vaccine last? Studies suggest COVID vaccines are most effective in the first few months following your shot. That's why when health experts recommend boosters or updated doses, they're usually given three to four months after your last COVID shot.

A booster shot gives a “boost” to the recipient's existing immunity from a previous vaccination. Updated vaccines are different in that they are expected to provide protection against currently circulating variants, helping the body build a new response to those variants.

A child is said to be fully immunized if child receives all due vaccine as per national immunization schedule within 1st year age of child. The two major milestones of UIP have been the elimination of polio in 2014 and maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination in 2015.

Fully vaccinated: A person is considered to be fully vaccinated when at least two weeks has passed since their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Partially vaccinated: A person is considered to be partially vaccinated when at least two weeks have passed since their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

You are up to date when you have received: 1 dose of the 2024–2025 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine OR. 1 dose of the 2024–2025 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine OR. 1 dose of the 2024–2025 Novavax vaccine unless you are receiving a COVID-19 vaccine for the very first time.

It is important to keep your child's vaccination records (the history of which vaccines they received) up to date and in a safe place. Without them, your child might not be allowed to attend school, play sports, or travel abroad. Your child may need their vaccination records later as adults for certain occupations.

You can access your COVID-19 vaccine record in the NHS App if you are aged 16 or over. Once logged in, go to Your health and then select Check your COVID-19 vaccine record.

Some viruses are relatively huge while others are tiny in comparison, some use RNA while others use DNA—they are very, very different organisms.” Yancey said that for vaccines that “last a lifetime,” which include vaccines for measles or hepatitis B, the viruses themselves tend to be uniform when they replicate.

Will the COVID vaccine wear off? ›

Yes. Catching the virus that causes COVID-19 or getting a COVID-19 vaccination gives you protection, also called immunity, from the virus. But over time, that protection seems to fade.

For example, says Mallory Shillinger, D.O., a Piedmont primary care physician, vaccinated people often have “a fever for one or two days, along with fatigue, a sore throat and dry cough that can last three to five days. Also, a loss of taste and smell that can linger for two to three weeks.”

Everyone 6 months and older should receive a bivalent booster dose at least two months following their last monovalent dose.

Pfizer: Is There a “Best” mRNA Vaccine? Both of the mRNA vaccines available in the US are highly effective against severe COVID-19, but recent studies suggest that Moderna's elicits a stronger immune response and might be better at preventing breakthrough infections.

A booster shot with the Moderna vaccine offered older people better protection against COVID-19 if they had previously taken Pfizer jabs, researchers at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) have found.

While the three COVID-19 vaccines we have are incredibly effective, no vaccine provides 100% protection against the virus. People who are fully or partially vaccinated can still become infected by the novel coronavirus, which is called a breakthrough infection.

Puppies are considered fully vaccinated after their third round of vaccines. This means that they should have at least three rounds of vaccines before going outside into public areas. Most puppies will get their third round of vaccines and be fully vaccinated at 16 weeks of age.

Definition of Fully Vaccinated

To be considered fully vaccinated, travellers must have taken at least one dose of Janssen/J&J, or at least 2 doses of AstraZeneca, Covaxin, Moderna/Spikevax, Covishield, Novavax, Pfizer/BioNTech/COMIRNATY, Sinovac or Sinopharm.

In Ontario, an individual is considered fully vaccinated if they have received: • The full series of a COVID-19 vaccine authorized by Health Canada, or any combination of such vaccines, • One or two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine not authorized by Health Canada, followed by one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine authorized ...