The Vaccination Management Team (VMT) of St. Maarten
announces the roll out of the booster shot of the Pfizer
BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The booster campaign will
commence on Wednesday December 1st, 2021 between the
hours of 8:30am -12:00pm and 1:30pm -3:30pm at Collective
Prevention Services (CPS) located at the Vineyard Building in
Philipsburg.
The Booster shot will help strengthen protection against severe
disease in the population, especially amongst those who are at
high- risk for COVID -19 complications.
The Booster will also help those amongst us who are already
fully vaccinated with the primary 2 dose series by increasing our
protection against breakthrough infections.
Who Should get the Booster?
VMT highly recommends the following persons to receive the
Booster 6 months after completion of their primary series (ie. 6
months after their second dose)
• Persons 60 years and older
• Persons 18-59 years with underlying medical conditions or
living in long-term care settings
• Persons 18-59 years who are at increased risk for COVID-19
exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional settings such as health workers and front-line medical workers
The VMT is reminding persons to bring their vaccination card
when coming for their booster dose.
If you have taken one of the other acceptable primary vaccine
series such as Moderna, Astra Zeneca or Janssen, a Pfizer
vaccine can be administered as the Booster vaccine 6 months
after the last vaccination in any of these primary series.
For persons in our community who have had the COVID-19
infection, the VMT is strongly encouraging persons to receive
both doses. Encouraging completion of the vaccination series,
despite the timing of your infection.
There are many persons in our population who received their
second dose before June and are now eligible for the booster.
There are many who are still unvaccinated or who are at highest
risk of getting infected by and spreading COVID-19 in our
community.
The CPS location at Vineyard Building is open to all
unvaccinated persons and also for those interested in the booster
shot. VMT urges everyone to come out and get vaccinated
before the holiday season, when we will be at high risk again!
Let’s stay ahead of the virus and keep St.Maarten safe. Say yes
to the Booster, but most importantly, come get vaccinated!
For further information Contact CPS Hotline #914