Administering COVID-19 Vaccines

Route: Intramuscular injection

Recommended site by age:

• 6 months through 2 years: Vastus lateralis muscle in the anterolateral thigh
• 3 years and older: Deltoid muscle in the upper arm*
  

Identify the appropriate injection site using anatomical landmarks.

Administer the vaccine.

• Insert the needle at a 90-degree angle into the middle and thickest part of the muscle, and inject all the vaccine.

* The vastus lateralis muscle in the anterolateral thigh may be used as an alternate site.