V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker
Get vaccinated.
Get your smartphone.
Get started with v-safe.
Use your smartphone to tell CDC about any side effects after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. You’ll also get reminders if you need a second vaccine dose.
V-safe is a smartphone-based tool that uses text messaging and web surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after you receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Through v-safe, you can quickly tell CDC if you have any side effects after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Depending on your answers, someone from CDC may call to check on you and get more information. And v-safe will remind you to get your second COVID-19 vaccine dose if you need one.
Your participation in CDC’s v–safe makes a difference — it helps keep COVID-19 vaccines safe.
When you get a COVID-19 vaccine, your healthcare provider will give you a v-safe information sheet. This sheet provides instructions on how to register and use v-safe.
How to register and use v-safe
You will need your smartphone and information about the COVID-19 vaccine you received. This information can be found on the vaccination record card you received during your vaccination; if you cannot find your card, please contact your healthcare provider.
Register
- Go to the v-safe website (link provided on the v-safe information sheet your healthcare provider gave you during your COVID-19 vaccination). Read the onscreen instructions and click Get Started.
- Enter your name, mobile number, and other requested information. Click Register.
- You will receive a text message with a verification code on your smartphone. Enter the code in
v-safe and click Verify.
- At the top of the screen, click Enter vaccine information.
- Select which COVID-19 vaccine you received (found on your vaccination record card; if you cannot find your card, please contact your healthcare provider) and enter the date you were vaccinated. Click Next.
- Review your vaccine information. If correct, click Submit. If not, click Go Back.
- Congrats! You’re all set! If you complete your registration before 2 p.m. local time, v-safe will start your initial health check-in around 2 p.m. that day. If you register after 2 p.m., v-safe will start your initial health check-in immediately after you register — just follow the instructions.
Registration before 2 p.m. local time:
Registration after 2 p.m. local time:
What happens next?
You will receive a reminder text message from v-safe around 2 p.m. local time for the next check-in. Just click the link in the text message to start the check-in.
Complete a v-safe health check-in
- When you receive a v-safe check-in text message on your smartphone, click the link when ready.
- Follow the instructions to complete the check-in.
Need help with v-safe?
Call 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) TTY 888-232-6348
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week