UPDATED COVID-19 VACCINATION OPTION - NOVAVAX

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NARR/REF A IS THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MEMO MANDATING CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 
2019 VACCINATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SERVICE MEMBERS. 
REF B IS NAVADMIN 190/21, 2021-2022 NAVY MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION AND 
REPORTING POLICY.   
REF C IS NAVADMIN 042/22, UPDATED COVID CONSOLIDATED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY 
DATA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND LESSONS LEARNED. 
 
RMKS/1.  Purpose.  To inform Navy Service Members that the Novavax 
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is now available. 
 
2.  The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the Novavax 
COVID-19 vaccine under an emergency use authorization for a two-dose 
primary series to individuals 18 years of age and older. 
Unvaccinated Navy Service Members who choose to receive the Novavax 
COVID-19 vaccine series satisfy the vaccine requirement specified in 
references (a) and (b).  Additional vaccines that also meet that 
requirement include Janssen (manufactured by Johnson and Johnson), 
Pfizer-BioNTech, and Moderna. 
 
3.  Action.  Commanders are directed to counsel any unvaccinated 
Navy Service Members under their command regarding the fact that 
receiving the Novavax vaccine series satisfies the requirement in 
references (a) and (b).  Additionally, commanders shall provide such 
Service Members the following link which provides more information 
regarding all authorized COVID-19 vaccines, 
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html.  If 
an unvaccinated Service Member becomes fully vaccinated for COVID- 
19, it is the Navy’s intent to retain that Service Member, barring 
other misconduct or reasons for involuntary separation. 
 
4.  Action.  Commanders are directed to report any previously 
unvaccinated Navy Service Member who completes an approved vaccine 
series via email to both of the following addresses: 
ALTN_Navy_Religious_Accommodations(at)navy.mil and 
altn_n1_navy_scr.fct(at)navy.mil.  Include the Service Members DoD 
ID number in all such reports.  Commanders shall also ensure the 
Medical Readiness Reporting System is updated to be consistent with 
information submitted to the Department of the Navy COVID tracking 
site. 
 
5.  Novavax is now available at all military treatment facilities 
and most civilian vaccination sites.  Contact the Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery (BUMED) point of contact (POC) below if there are any 
issues with availability in your area. 
 
6.  POCs.  OPNAV POC:  CAPT Jason Grizzle, 
ALTN_N1_NAVY_SCR.FCT(AT)NAVY.MIL Religious Accommodations: 
ALTN_Navy_Religious_Accommodations(at)navy.mil. 
Vaccine availability (BUMED):  HMC Jose Jimenez, 
jose.a.jimenez142.mil(at)mail.mil. 
 
7.  Released by VADM Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., COVID Consolidated 
Disposition Authority. 
 
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