By Appointment or Walk-In
Mon-Fri 8:30 am to 3:30pm
at Plessen Medical Center in Orange Grove
Tel 340-249-1065
COVID-19 Boosters and Additional Doses
COVID-19 Vaccinations and boosters (both Pfizer and Moderna) are available at the Plessen Medical Center in Orange Grove (click for directions) as follows:
- Appointments recommended
- Walk-ins available
- Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.
The CDC recommends that all persons ages 5 years and older be up to date on their COVID-19 Vaccines which includes both the initial doses and boosters when eligible.
Who Should Get a First Booster?
- Individuals aged 12 and over who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are eligible for a booster dose at least 5 months following their initial two doses.
- Individuals aged 18 and over who received the Moderna vaccine are eligible for a booster dose at least 5 months following their initial two doses.
- Individuals aged 18 and over who received the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine are eligible for a booster dose at least 2 months following their initial single dose.*
Who Should Get a Second Booster?
- Individuals who are 50 years of age or older and got their first booster at least 4 months ago.
- Individuals aged 12 and over who are moderately or severely immunocompromised and got their first booster at least 4 months ago.
- Individuals who got 2 doses of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least 4 months ago.*
* The CDC recommends a booster of either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for individuals who initially got the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson.
Should You Wait to Get Your Second Booster?
You may consider waiting to get a 2nd booster if you:
- Had COVID-19 within the past 3 months
- Feel that getting a 2nd booster now would make you not want to get another booster in the future (a 2nd booster may be more important in the fall of 2022, or if a new vaccine for a future COVID-19 variant becomes available)
For updated information on who is eligible for COVID-19 Boosters and when you should receive them, please go to: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html
On March 29, 2022, the FDA authorized the administration of a second booster, 4 months after the initial booster, to persons aged 50 and up, and those certain immunocompromised at risk for severe disease from the COVID-19 virus. Individuals aged 65 and up are especially recommended for a second booster.
For those individuals with underlying medical/immunocompromising conditions, a fifth dose of Pfizer or Moderna has been approved. A fifth dose is only applicable to persons who have completed an initial 3 dose series, a first booster, and who present for a second booster dose at least 4 months after their 4th dose.
The Plessen COVID-19 Vaccine Center located at the Sunny Isles Annex closed as of January 28th, 2022. We are extremely proud of our staff and medical professionals for their tremendous efforts. As of February 1, 2022, The Plessen team has successfully administered almost 17,000 vaccines, and counting, and will continue to work to protect our St Croix and US Virgin Islands community.
Plessen Healthcare encourages all persons aged 5 and older to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Vaccination continues to be the best protection against severe infection, hospitalization, and adverse outcomes from the COVID-19 virus and its variants.
