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v-safe After Vaccination Health Checker

v-safe After Vaccination Health Checker
Updated Jan. 20, 2022
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NOTICE: CDC recommends everyone ages 5 years and older get a COVID-19 vaccine. Learn more about vaccines for children and teens.

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New! People who have already been vaccinated can enter an additional dose. Parents or guardians can enroll their vaccinated children.

Get vaccinated. Get your smartphone. Get started with v-safe.

Use your smartphone to tell CDC how you, or your dependent, feel after getting any dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Your participation in v-safe helps us monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for everyone.

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What is v-safe?

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v-safe provides personalized and confidential health check-ins via text messages and web surveys so you can quickly and easily share with CDC how you, or your dependent, feel after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. This information helps CDC monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in near real time.

v-safe features:

  • Enrolling is fast and easy! Sign up during the waiting period after you get any dose of COVID-19 vaccine or at any time after vaccination
  • Add a dependent and complete health check-ins on their behalf
  • Enter and report how you, or your dependent, feel after first, second, additional, and booster doses
  • Available in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese

Please note:

  • v-safe is not an official record of being vaccinated against COVID-19
  • v-safe does not give medical advice
  • v-safe cannot schedule COVID-19 vaccination appointments

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Enroll in v-safe

You can enroll in v-safe after any dose of COVID-19 vaccine by using your smartphone and going to vsafe.cdc.gov. Have your vaccination record card available to help you remember which vaccine you received and when.

Add a Dependent in v-safe

You can add any dependent (family member, friend, or individual who relies on you for support) who is vaccinated in v-safe.

Children under age 16 years must be added to a parent or guardian’s v-safe account. You can add a dependent to your existing account or create a new account if you don’t have one yet. All v-safe communications will be sent to the parent’s or guardian’s smartphone.

Creating an account to add a dependent does not require that you enter your own vaccination information or complete health check-ins for yourself.

What Happens After I Enroll?

During the first week after each vaccination, v-safe will send you a text message each day to ask how you are feeling. After that, you will receive occasional health check-ins. Depending on your answers, someone from CDC may call to get more information. Your personal information in v-safe is protected so it’s safe and private*. You can opt out at any time.

If you enroll in v-safe and report that you are pregnant at the time of vaccination or after vaccination, the CDC COVID-19 Pregnancy Registry staff* may contact you.

If you have symptoms or health problems that concern you at any time following COVID-19 vaccination, please contact your healthcare professional.

Find a COVID-19 vaccine or booster: Search vaccines.gov, text your ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find locations near you.

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Have questions about v-safe or need help?

If you have questions or need assistance with v-safe, these resources can help:

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*Abt Associates external iconexternal iconhas been contracted by the CDC to contact participants for CDC’s v-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry.

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