Louisiana is getting nearly 120,000 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna two-shot vaccines this week, which are available to all adults in the state, though only the Pfizer variety is approved for people as young as 16. The vaccines are free, but appointments are required to get vaccinated at all participating locations. Contact info is available in the map below. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines require a second dose to be administered three or four weeks after the initial shot to achieve full effectiveness. Story continues below. As of Monday, 1,435,611 people in Louisiana have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 1,097,425 of those people have completed their vaccination regimens, giving them the full protection of the vaccines.