It’s a good idea to take a photo of your card in case you lose it. If you lose the card before your appointment for your second dose, you can get other proof of your first shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends these steps:
Contact the vaccination site where you received the vaccine to ask for a replacement. If you received your doses at different vaccine sites, experts recommend contacting the site of the second dose.
If you cannot contact the provider who gave you the vaccine, call the state health department’s immunization information system (IIS). The contact information for each IIS is here. Vaccine sites report COVID-19 vaccinations to the state’s IIS.
If you enrolled in V-safe or VaxText after your first dose, you can visit the website to look up your vaccine information.
If you cannot get a copy of your vaccine information, go to your scheduled appointment and ask for help.
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on May 13, 2021, and was last reviewed on January 25, 2022.