(La Porte County, IN) - Booster shots for COVID-19 will become available soon in La Porte County.

La Porte County Health Department Administrator Amanda Lahners said booster shots would be for people who were fully vaccinated eight months or more ago. Lahners says booster shots for Maderna and Pfizer vaccinated individuals will be offered at local health department vaccination sites beginning in late September.

Lahners said booster shots had not been authorized yet for people who received the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine.