Ania ti Rumbeng nga Ammuem Maipapan iti Bakuna ti Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized 3 COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use authorization (EUA). These vaccines are as safe¹ as possible and were developed to help protect people from COVID-19. There is 1 one-dose vaccine and 2 two-dose vaccines. Kas iti dadduma a bakuna, mabalin nga umabot dagiti bakuna ti COVID-19 iti sumagmamano a lawas kalpasan ti maikadua a dosis sakbay a makaipaay iti proteksion.

Pakaammo: As of April 13, 2021, the FDA and CDC are recommending a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine due to a very rare and severe blood clot in some individuals who received it. Safety is a top priority, and the use of this vaccine is on hold out of an abundance of caution until further case review and analysis later this week. For those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the potential concern does not impact the effectiveness of it. If you have questions or think you may be experiencing an adverse reaction to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, call your primary care provider or other health care professional. Please note that no other COVID-19 vaccination guidance has changed.

FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines³

Kas iti bakuna iti trangkaso, dagiti para-inject iti bakuna ti mangi-inject iti bakuna iti COVID-19 sigun iti suplay. Saan nga amin a bakuna iti COVID-19 nga inautorisaran ti FDA ket adda kadagiti para bakuna iti lokasionda.

Napateg a palagip iti proteksion a maipaay dagiti bakuna iti COVID-19.

• While COVID-19 vaccines may help protect the individual from the virus, it is not yet known if vaccinated people can still give the COVID-19 virus to others.
• Ti kapaut ti proteksion kontra iti COVID-19 ket saan pay a naammuan iti agdama.

Gapu kadagitoy a rason, surotem latta dagiti pagalagadan iti kinatalged ti salun-at ti publiko tapno maprotektaram ti bagim ken dagiti dadduma. Agisuot iti face mask, dumistansia iti sabsabali ken kanayon nga agugas iti ima.

All FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines are as safe and as effective as possible at preventing COVID-19, according to the CDC. They are key to slowing the pandemic. Ti mangisalakan nga sistema ti U.S. ti bakuna ket seguradoen na nga amin dagiti bakuna ket dumalan iti adu nga proseso tapno mapaneknekan ti lebel nga mangisalakan daytoy nga bakuna. Dimmalan iti daytoy a proseso dagiti bakuna a barbaro nga inaprobaran ti FDA. Uray kalpasan ti pannaka-autorisarna kas pang-emerhensia, agtultuloy latta nga adalen ti FDA dagiti clinical data maipapan kadagiti bakuna. Ti website ti CDC ket addaan iti kanayonan nga impormasion iti kinatalged ti bakuna ti COVID-19. 

Ti FDA ket addaan iti proseso ti panangusig para iti kinatalged ken kinaepektibo a kompletoenna sakbay a palubosanna dagiti bakuna a mausar para iti emerhensia a panangusar ti sapasap a publiko. Once the FDA authorizes a vaccine for emergency use, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet to vote on recommending the vaccine.

Iti panangtingiting iti pammalubos iti panangusar iti emerhensia (emergency use authorization, EUA) naannad a balbalansien ti FDA dagiti mabalin a peggad ken benepisio dagiti produkto maibasar iti sidadaan iti agdama a datos. Bayat ti panawen ti emerhensia iti salun-at ti publiko iti entero a nasion, agtultuloy a wanwanawanan ti FDA ti agpada a kinatalged ken kinaepektibo ti bakuna.

As more COVID-19 vaccines are authorized for emergency use by the FDA, ACIP will quickly hold public meetings to review all available data about each vaccine and make recommendations for their use in the United States. Learn more about how the CDC is making COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.

Dagiti agdama nga bakuna ti COVID-19 nga inotorisaran ti FDA ket madi nga mairekomenda para kadagiti tattao nga addaan ti kondisyon na wenno sabali ti edad na. The current vaccines are authorized for use among the following ages:

• Pfizer is not authorized for people under the age of 16.
• Moderna is not authorized for people under the age of 18.
• Janssen is not authorized for people under the age of 18.

There are other special considerations for when it might not be a good time to get the vaccine:

• Nu naituyangka iti nabiit pay iti COVID-19, kitaen dagiti pagalagadan ti CDC iti panangala iti bakuna.
• If you’ve had monoclonal antibody treatment or received convalescent plasma, the CDC states vaccination should not occur for at least 90 days.

Makisarita iti tagaipaaymo iti taripato ti salun-at nu adda dagiti saludsodmo maipapan iti pannakabakuna iti para iti COVID-19. 

Sigun iti CDC, no naaddaankan idi iti nakaro nga alerhia a reaksion iti maysa a bakuna wenno iti mai-iniksion nga agas, masapul a damagem iti doktormo no mabalinka a mabakunaan iti para iti COVID-19. Ti nakaro a reaksion ket daydiay agkasapulan iti pannakaagas iti ospital wenno agas a kas iti EpiPen (epinephrine). Segun iti CDS, ti posibilidad ti nakaro a reaksion kadagiti pinalubosan ti FDA a bakuna ken nababa unay.   

Irekrekomendar ti CDC a dagidiay masansan nga addaan iti allergy wenno allergy iti makan, taraken wenno matomar nga agas, ket mabalin latta nga agpabakuna. No adda saludsodmo, kontakem ti health care provider-mo.

For more information, you can read the FDA’s Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet,  Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet and Janssen Patient Fact Sheet.

According to the CDC, COVID-19 vaccinations should be offered to people regardless of whether they have previously had COVID-19.You do not need an antibody or diagnostic test before or after you are vaccinated to learn if the vaccine worked.

Anyone currently infected with COVID-19 should wait to get vaccinated until after their illness has resolved and after they have met the criteria to discontinue isolation. Malaksid iti daytoy, isingasing dagiti agdama a pammaneknek a ti pannakaimpeksion manen iti virus a mangpapataud iti COVID-19 ket saan a gagangay iti 90 nga aldaw kalpasan iti immuna a pannakaimpeksion. Ngarud, dagiti tattao a naimpeksion iti nabiit pay ket mabalinda nga itantan ti pannakabakuna agingga iti malpas ti 90-aldaw a panawen.

Dagiti dakes nga epekto manipud kadagiti bakuna ket gagangay a pagilasinan nga agar-aramid ti bagim iti proteksion. Kas kadagiti dadduma a bakuna ken segun iti CDC, adda inreport dagiti tattao a sumagmamano a dakes nga epekto kadagiti pinalubosan ti FDA a bakuna ti COVID-19. The most common side effect is a sore arm. Some other side effects may feel like flu and might even affect your ability to do daily activities. Ngem agpukaw met laeng dagiti kalpasan ti sumagmamano nga aldaw. Mabalinmo a maammoan ti ad-adu pay iti website ti CDC.

If you received the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine and have a severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain or shortness of breath within 3 weeks after vaccination, or have other side effects that are bothering you or do not go away, contact your primary care provider or other health care professional.

No adda emerhensia, tumawagka iti 911 wenno mapanka iti kaasitgan nga ospital. 

No makapasarka kadagiti side effect, dagus nga ibagam dayta iti nangbakuna kenka wenno iti kangrunaan a paraipaay iti panangtaripato kenka. You should also notify the CDC at 1-800-822-7967. Daytoy ket agsipud ta agtultuloy a wanwanawanan ti CDC ken FDA ti kinatalged dagiti pinalubosan ti FDA a bakuna ti COVID-19. You can also use the CDC’s v-safe mobile app, which will help you monitor side effects and get second dose reminders. 

Segun iti CDC, agtultuloy dagiti eksperto a mangad-adal kadagiti klase ti virus a mangpapataud iti COVID-19. Agtultuloy nga agbalbaliw dagiti virus babaen iti mutasion, ken manamnama a maadda dagiti baro a klase ti virus iti panaglabas ti panawen. There are multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, and these variants seem to spread more easily than other variants. Iti agdama, awan ti ebidensia a makapataud dagitoy a klase iti nakarkaro a sakit wenno dakdakkel a peggad ti pannakatay.

Adda ti napateg a papel dagiti pinalubusan ti FDA a bakuna ti COVID-19 iti pananglimitar iti panagwaras ti COVID-19 ken panangsalaknib iti salun-at ti publiko. Tapno makatulong iti panangsalaknib iti salun-atmo ken salun-at dagiti ay-ayatem, nasken a surutem dagiti kaugalian para iti pannakasalaknib ti salun-at ti publiko:

• Agsuot kadagiti face mask
• Pisikal a distansia
• Wash your hands regularly
• Pannakailasin wenno pannakaisina nu masakit

 Bisitaen ti website ti CDC tapno maammoan ti ad-adu pay maipapan kadagiti klase ti virus.

The CDC recommends wearing a mask to protect others as well as yourself. This is a way to protect your health, along with washing hands regularly, physically distancing and avoiding crowds.

Important reminders to make sure your mask works the best it can, according to the CDC:

1. Make sure the mask fits snugly against your face. Gaps can let air with respiratory droplets in and out around the edges of the mask.
2. Pick a mask with layers so it helps keep your respiratory droplets in, while keeping droplets from others out.
3. Two masks used together, such as a surgical mask with a cloth mask offers better protection to you and to those around you.

Learn more about mask fit on the CDC website.

According to the CDC, masks should be worn:

• By people 2 years of age and older
• Any time you are in a public setting
• When you are with people who do not live with you, including inside your home or someone else’s home
• Inside your home if someone you live with is sick with symptoms of COVID-19 or has tested positive for COVID-19

Learn more about when to wear a mask on the CDC site.

Local public health agencies determine quarantine recommendations. According to the CDC, quarantine is used to keep someone who might have been exposed to COVID-19 away from others. Exposure is defined as 15 minutes or more of being within 6 feet of an individual who has tested positive or had symptoms within 2 days of exposure. By staying home or not going in public, quarantine helps prevent disease spread before a person knows they have the virus.

The CDC has identified 2 groups of people who do not need to quarantine when exposed:

• People who are fully vaccinated will no longer be required to quarantine following a direct exposure to someone with COVID-19, unless they are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Fully vaccinated people are considered those who have had both doses of a two-dose vaccine or the one-dose vaccine, and 2 weeks have passed to allow for the vaccine to work. There are additional considerations for patients and residents who are fully vaccinated and in health care settings.
• People who have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 3 months do not need to quarantine.

Learn more on the CDC website.

According to the CDC, isolation is used to separate people infected with COVID-19 from those who are not infected. People who are in isolation should stay home until it’s safe for them to be around others. At home, anyone sick or infected should separate from others, staying in a specific “sick room” and using a separate bathroom if possible. The length of the isolation period depends on several factors. Review the CDC’s recommendations for when isolation can end based on the situation.

You will have $0 cost-share (copayments, deductibles or coinsurance) on your COVID-19 vaccination as noted below, no matter where you get the vaccine² and including when 2 doses are required. Kinapudnona, awan koma ti maawatmo a babayadan para iti bakuna ti COVID-19 a pinalubosan ti FDA.  

• Plans through Employers and Individual health plans, including Student Resources, Short Term Limited Liability and Exchange plans: You will have $0 cost-share for the vaccine at both in-network and out-of-network providers through the national public health emergency period. UnitedHealthcare pays a fee to the vaccination provider for the administration of the vaccine and the recommended observation. If you receive care for an adverse reaction, you may be responsible for copays, deductibles, coinsurance or out-of-network charges, according to your benefits plan.
• Medicare plans: You will have $0 cost-share for the vaccine at both in-network and out-of-network providers through Dec. 31, 2021. Providers should not ask you for payment, upfront or after you receive the vaccine.
• For Medicaid members in UnitedHealthcare Community Plans: You will have $0 cost-share for the vaccine with both in-network and out-of-network providers through the national public health emergency period. Dagiti pagsabalian ken alagaden ti estado ket mabalin nga agaplikar kadayta nga panawen. Please review the UnitedHealthcare Community Plan website and your state’s site for the latest information. No awan ti ispesipiko a pagalagadan ti estado, ti pagalagadan ti UnitedHealthcare ti masurot.

If you receive additional services during your vaccination appointment or get the vaccination during a regular office visit, you may be responsible for copays, deductibles, coinsurance or out-of-network charges, according to your benefits plan. You should not receive any bills for your COVID-19 vaccination from your provider or UnitedHealthcare during the national emergency health period. Your vaccination provider should not charge you for the standard observation, which is the 15-30 minutes after receiving the vaccination.

If you have questions about your coverage or bills, you can go to your online UnitedHealthcare account or call the number on your health insurance card.

If a COVID-19 vaccine is received during a regular doctor’s visit where you talk about other health needs, you may have a cost-share for the office visit, according to your benefits plan. This means you may be responsible for a copay, coinsurance or deductible. The COVID-19 vaccination will have $0 cost-share for the time periods above.

No. Be on alert for fraud. Nu adda ti tumawag, ag-text, wenno ag-email a mangikarkari kenka iti akses iti bakuna a babayadan, saanmo nga ibingbingay ti personal wenno pinansial nga impormasionmo. Do not give your credit card, social security number, PayPal^® account, Venmo^® account or any other payment information to anyone to get access to a COVID-19 vaccine.

• Awan koma ti agkiddaw nga agbayadka tapno maikabil ti naganmo iti listaan ti mabakunaan
• Awan koma ti agkiddaw nga agbayadka tapno makaalaka iti nasapa nga akses iti bakuna

UnitedHealthcare will only request secure information from you through your password-protected member account.

If you suspect fraud or are unsure, you have several ways to report it. Visit uhc.com/fraud, to start an online report. Or call one of the following numbers.

• Call the number on your ID card
• Call 1-844-359-7736 if you're a UnitedHealthcare member 
• Call 1-800-MEDICARE if you're a Medicare member

Learn more about how to protect yourself from fraud

FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines are available at participating retail pharmacies, doctors’ offices, hospitals and federally qualified health centers. Agdama a limitado dagiti suplay, ken mabalin nga agduduma ti lokal a kinasidadaan iti panaglabas ti tiempo ken aldaw. We encourage you to look to local news, health departments, pharmacies and health care providers for information and resources on vaccine availability in your area.

Agbirok kadagiti pammataudan a maipapan iti kinasidadaan ti bakuna iti lugaryo

Gapu ta dagiti suplay ket limitado tatta nga panawen, ti panagbakuna ket maaramid a natukan-tukad, nga umun-una a makapagbakuna dagiti kangatoan ti peggadna. Ti pannakaiwaras ti bakuna ti COVID-19 nga inautorisaran ti FDA ket ikokoordina ti CDC ken dagiti departamento ti salun-at ti estado ken lokal.

Segun iti irekomenda a phasing ti CDC, dagiti umuna a grupo dagiti tattao a masapul a maikkan iti bakuna ket:

• Phase 1a: Dagiti agtartaripato ti salun-at ken residente dagiti pasilidad ti nabayag nga panangtaripato
• Phase 1b: Dagiti napateg nga agtartarabako (e.g., dagiti opisiales ti pulis, bumbero, titser, kdp.) ken dagiti tattao nga agtawen iti 75 ken natataengan
• Phase 1c: Dagiti tattao nga agtawen iti 65 agingga 74 nga edad; dagiti tattao nga agtawen iti 16 agingga 64 nga edad a nangato ti peggadna, addaan kadagiti agdama a medikal a kondisyon; ken dadduma pay a napateg a trabahador (e.g. transportasion, serbisio para iti makan, kinatalged ti publiko, kdp.)
• Phase 2: People age 16 and older not already vaccinated
• Phase 3: Children and young adults, pending recommendations for vaccination

Dagiti estado ken ti lokal a lugarmo ket mabalin a maiduma iti daytoy a pagalagadan.

Agbirok kadagiti pammataudan a maipapan iti kinasidadaan ti bakuna iti lugaryo

Posible nga ad-adunton ti bakuna ti COVID-19 iti primabera agingga iti tengnga ti tawen ta manayonanton ti maaramid ken maiwaras a bakuna nga aprobado ti FDA. Inton adun ti suplay kadagitoy a bakuna, obligasionmi a tulongandaka a nadaras ken nalaka a makaala iti bakuna ti COVID-19.

While we are working to provide you current information, look to your local news, health departments, pharmacies and health care providers for information and resources on vaccine availability in your area. Nu addaanka kadagiti saludsod maipapan kadagiti rekomendasion iti bakuna a maiyannatup iti partikular a kondision ti salun-atmo, kasaritam ti tagaipaay iti taripato ti salun-atmo wenno ti dadduma a propesional iti taripato ti salun-at.

Agbirok kadagiti pammataudan a maipapan iti kinasidadaan ti bakuna iti lugaryo

Kas iti bakuna iti trangkaso, dagiti para-inject iti bakuna ti mangi-inject iti bakuna iti COVID-19 sigun iti suplay. Saan nga amin a bakuna iti COVID-19 nga inautorisaran ti FDA ket adda kadagiti para bakuna iti lokasionda. Nu adda dagiti saludsodmo, paregtaendaka a makisarita iti tagaipaaymo iti taripato iti salun-at.

UnitedHealthcare recommends you get the first COVID-19 vaccine that becomes available to you and is recommended by a health care professional. Availability of COVID-19 vaccines varies across pharmacies, doctors’ offices and other vaccination providers.

We also encourage you to keep your doctor informed of your vaccination. Your UnitedHealthcare digital vaccination record, available through your online UnitedHealthcare member account and mobile app, is one way you may choose to share your vaccination information with your doctor or other health care provider.   

Daytoy ti matarusan tayo tatta nga panawen:

• Agsaganaka a mangipakita iti ID nga addaan ladawanmo, kas iti lisensia ti drayber, tapno mapaneknekam ti tawenmo. Mabalin a kasapulam met ti pammaneknek ti pagnanaedam. Mabalin nga addaan met ti website ti departamento ti salun-at wenno ti tagaipaaymo iti bakuna iti listaan dagiti masapul a dokumento. 
• Dagiti miembro ti Medicare a plano:
  • Mabalin a masapulmo ti nalabbaga, puraw ken asul a kardmo iti Medicare ta baybayadan ti Medicare ti bakunam iti 2021. Nu awan kenka ti Medicare a kardmo, masarakam daytoy babaen iti panag-log in iti bukodmo a Social Security account. Masarakan ti ad-adu pay nga impormasion iti CMS site.
  • Nu naawatmo ti bakunam iti regular a panagbisitam iti tagaipaay, kasapulam met ti ID kardmo kas miembro ti UnitedHealthcare.  
• Dagiti saan a miembro ti Medicare: Itugotmo ti ID kardmo kas miembro ti UnitedHealthcare.

Laglagipem nga isuot ti face mask mo ken ti pisikal a distansiam iti appointment mo.

Masarakan dagiti kanayonan nga impormasion iti panagsagana para iti appointment mo iti panagbakuna iti website ti CDC.

For many members, UnitedHealthcare pays an administrative fee to the vaccination provider that covers the member’s standard observation. By showing your health insurance card, you are also helping make sure there is a digital record of your COVID-19 vaccination available through your online UnitedHealthcare member account.  

If you receive additional services during your vaccination appointment or get the vaccination during a regular office visit, you may be responsible for copays, deductibles, coinsurance or out-of-network charges, according to your benefits plan. You should not receive any bills for your COVID-19 vaccination from your provider or UnitedHealthcare during the national emergency health period. Your vaccination provider should not charge you for the standard observation, which is the 15-30 minutes after receiving the vaccination. 

Adtoy dagiti 3 kangrunaan a puntos manipud iti CDC tapno malagipmo ti appointment mo:

1. Mabalin a wanawanannaka ti tagaipaaymo iti bakuna kalpasan a mabakunaanka. Daytoy ket nu adda kaso ti manmanu a reaksion nga alerhia. Ngarud, masapulmo ti agplano iti kanayonan a tiempo.
2. Planoem a nasapsapa ti maikadua a dosismo babaen iti panangi-iskediul iti appointment para iti maikadua a bakunam nu mabalin. Mabalinmo met ti ag-sign up para iti libre a text messaging babaen iti VaxText ti CDC tapno makaawatka iti palagip maipapan iti maikadua a dosismo iti bakuna ti COVID-19.
3. You should receive a vaccination card during your appointment that says which vaccine you received, the date it was received and where it was received. We suggest you keep your vaccination card in a safe place.

If you are receiving a two-dose vaccine, your vaccination card will be updated to reflect both doses at your second dose appointment. Paregtaendaka nga idulinmo ti kardmo. 

If you are receiving the two-dose vaccine, you will need to get both doses within 3-4 weeks to get the protection indicated by the manufacturer. Siguradoem nga aggapu iti isu met laeng a nangaramid ti agpada a dosis ken alaem ti maikadua a dosismo iti saan nga umadayo iti mairekomenda a panawenna nu mabalin. Suroten ti instruksion iti panagbakuna manipud iti nagaramid:

• Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine: Requires 2 doses, given 3 weeks apart
• Moderna COVID-19 vaccine: Requires 2 doses, given 1 month apart
• Janssen COVID-19 vaccine: Requires no second dose (NOTICE: The use of this vaccine is currently paused.)

Iparparegtami unay a mammaminsan nga iyeskediulmo ti dua a dosis tapno maiyeskediul iti uneg ti time frame ket maprotektaranka iti COVID-19. Ti tagaipaay iti bakuna ket masapul a tulungannaka a mangi-iskediul iti maikadua a dosis kalpasan a maipaay kenka ti umuna a dosis. Maibagada koma kenka nu kaanom nga alaen ti maikadua a dosis.

You can also sign up for free text messaging through the CDC’s VaxText to a get a reminder about your second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The CDC recommends getting the second dose as close to the recommended timing of 3-4 weeks as possible. Suroten ti instruksion iti panagbakuna manipud iti nagaramid.

Nu mapalabesmo ti appointment ti maikadua a panagbakuna wenno adda iti ruar ti mairekomenda a panawen ti maikadua a dosis, mabalinmo latta a maala ti maikadua a dosis. Saanmo a masapul a ruggian manen ti umuna a dosis. And even if the second dose is late, the second dose will still help you get protection from COVID-19. I-iskediulmo ti maikadua nga appointment iti tagaipaaymo iti bakuna iti kabiitan a tiempo a mabalin.

You should have received a vaccination card at your first appointment with information on the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer, date of your first vaccination and when your second dose is due. Nu saanmo a masapulan dayta, mabalin a makatulong ti tagaipaay iti bakunam iti panangammo iti bakuna a naawatmo.

Dagiti dakes nga epekto manipud kadagiti bakuna ket gagangay a pagilasinan nga agar-aramid ti bagim iti proteksion. Kas kadagiti dadduma a bakuna ken segun iti CDC, adda inreport dagiti tattao a sumagmamano a dakes nga epekto kadagiti pinalubosan ti FDA a bakuna ti COVID-19. The most common side effect is a sore arm. Some other side effects may feel like flu and might even even affect your ability to do daily activities. Ngem agpukaw met laeng dagiti kalpasan ti sumagmamano nga aldaw. Mabalinmo a maammoan ti ad-adu pay iti website ti CDC.

If you received the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine and have a severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain or shortness of breath within 3 weeks after vaccination, or have other side effects that are bothering you or do not go away, contact your primary care provider or other health care professional.

No adda emerhensia, tumawagka iti 911 wenno mapanka iti kaasitgan nga ospital. 

No makapasarka kadagiti side effect, dagus nga ibagam dayta iti nangbakuna kenka wenno iti kangrunaan a paraipaay iti panangtaripato kenka. Nasken met a pakaammoam ti CDC iti 1-800-822-7967. Daytoy ket agsipud ta agtultuloy a wanwanawanan ti CDC ken FDA ti kinatalged dagiti pinalubosan ti FDA a bakuna ti COVID-19. You can also use the CDC’s v-safe mobile app, which will help you monitor side effects and get second dose reminders. 

• These adverse events appear to be extremely rare. As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine have been administered in the U.S. The CDC and FDA are reviewing data involving 6 reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The safety of vaccines is a top priority, and the CDC takes all reports of safety concerns seriously.
• If you received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and have a severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain or shortness of breath within 3 weeks after vaccination, or have other side effects that are bothering you or do not go away, contact your primary care provider or other health care professional. In the event of an emergency, call 911. 
• You can also use a virtual visit to connect with a health care professional. To access 24/7 on-demand virtual visits through a designated national provider, sign in to your online UnitedHealthcare account. Cost-share for the virtual visit will be according to your benefits plan.  

It depends on the situation. The CDC continues to recommend that people wear face masks and keep physically distancing at this time. The CDC recommends wearing a face mask that fits tightly to the face and has multiple layers. This helps keep your respiratory droplets in, while keeping droplets from others out.

The CDC guidance changes once a person is fully vaccinated, which means it is 2 weeks after you have received your second dose of a two-dose vaccine or after getting the one-dose Janssen vaccine. According to the CDC, fully vaccinated people do not need to wear a mask when:

• Gathering indoors with other fully vaccinated people
• Gather indoors with one household who is unvaccinated and low risk (unless someone is at high-risk)

Visit the CDC website for more information on public health safety guidelines. 

Saan, saan nga irekumenda ti CDC a mangalaka iti COVID-19 antibody wenno panagsukiman nga eksaminasion.

According to the CDC, people who are fully vaccinated are not required to quarantine following a direct exposure to someone with COVID-19, unless they are experiencing symptoms.

Fully vaccinated people are considered those who have had the one-dose vaccine or both doses of a two-dose vaccine, and a period of about 2 weeks has passed to allow for the vaccine to work. There are additional considerations for fully-vaccinated patients and residents in health care settings.

Learn more on the CDC website.

The digital record of your COVID-19 vaccination can be found within your online UnitedHealthcare member account and mobile app. The record puts your vaccination information at your fingertips. It will show the vaccination date, including the manufacturer and both dates for two-dose vaccines. This record may be helpful for employment, attending events or doing other activities where a COVID-19 vaccination record may be requested.

Your digital record is not intended to replace your official CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card. Continue to keep that card in a safe place for when you need it.    

We also encourage you to keep your doctor informed of your vaccination. Your UnitedHealthcare digital vaccination record is one way you may choose to share your vaccination information with your doctor or other health care provider.  

At this time, UnitedHealthcare will not have a COVID-19 vaccination record for all members given the many different vaccination sites and resulting incomplete data. UnitedHealthcare continues to work closely with states and other vaccination providers to help make sure you will have access to a reliable digital record of your COVID-19 vaccination.  

We encourage you to keep it in a safe place for when it is needed. Your digital vaccination record, available in your online UnitedHealthcare member account and within your health record on the mobile app, may also be helpful in situations where you may need to show proof of vaccination.