New COVID Vaccines Available In Missouri Today

FILE – In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a patient receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. A coronavirus vaccine is still months or years away, but groups that peddle misinformation about immunizations are already taking aim — and potentially eroding — confidence in what could be humanity’s best chance to defeat the virus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

(Missouri Net) The new updated COVID-19 vaccines are going to be available across the state starting today (Friday).

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says no one is being required to receive the vaccines but adds that they want to make sure everyone has access to them as well as accurate information.

The new COVID vaccines are produced by Pfizer and Moderna.

The federal government is no longer covering the costs, but most health insurance plans will.