Important update: Healthcare facilities
CDC has updated select ways to operate healthcare systems effectively in response to COVID-19 vaccination.
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Aquatics FAQs
Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
COVID-19 Homepage
Aquatics FAQs
Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
COVID-19 Homepage
To maximize protection from the
Delta variant
and prevent possibly spreading it to others, get vaccinated as soon as you can and wear a mask indoors in public if you are in
an area of substantial or high transmission.
UPDATE
Given new evidence on the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant, CDC has updated the guidance for fully vaccinated people. CDC recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status. Children should return to full-time in-person learning in the fall with layered prevention strategies in place.
Ensuring COVID-19 Vaccine Safety in the US
Ensuring COVID-19 Vaccine Safety in the US
Vaccine Safety and Monitoring
- COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.
- While COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly, all steps have been taken to ensure their safety and effectiveness.
- Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in U.S. history.
- CDC recommends you get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you can.
Is the vaccine safe?
Have vaccines caused any health problems?
Safety Monitoring Systems
- v-safe
Get personalized health check-ins after you receive a COVID-19 vaccine. - Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
VAERS is the national system that collects reports of adverse events that happen after vaccination. 10 Things Healthcare Providers Need to Know about VAERS - Vaccine Reporting Systems
Learn how most reports about vaccine safety are being collected and tracked. - COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Monitoring Systems for Pregnant People
Learn how CDC is monitoring the safety of COVID-19 vaccination in people who are pregnant.