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People aged 55 and over can now get another Covid-19 booster dose

People who are more than 16 weeks pregnant are also now invited to book their next booster.

APPOINTMENTS HAVE OPENED for people aged 55 and over to book their next Covid-19 booster vaccine. 

This second booster vaccine will be available to those who have already received their initial vaccine course and one booster dose.

Boosters protect against serious illness and increase Covid immunity, the HSE said. 

Those aged 55 and over can now make an appointment to receive their next dose.

People can book an appointment online for a HSE vaccination clinic or check with participating GPs and pharmacies to receive their dose. 

People who are more than 16 weeks pregnant are also now invited to book their second booster dose at either a HSE vaccination centre or a GP/pharmacy. 

The HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry said immunity “tends to reduce after a period of months following your last vaccine”.

“So this booster will give ongoing protection from serious illness, and increase immunity against infection from Covid-19,” Dr Henry said.

The HSE said children aged 5-11 who are immunocompromised will soon be able to receive their first booster dose if enough times has passed since they completed their initial Covid-19 vaccine course.

People aged 50-54 will be offered their second booster dose from next week and people with long-term health conditions will also be offered their next booster shortly.  

A HSE statement urged people who haven’t yet been vaccinated against Covid-19 to consider attending a walk-in clinic or to register for an appointment. 

559 positive Covid-19 antigen tests were registered yesterday and 388 positive PCR tests, according to latest figures. 

More than 3.1 million booster vaccine doses have been administered so far in Ireland. 

The HSE said to visit the Covid-19 vaccine section of its website or to call HSELive on 1800 700 700 for more information on booster doses. 

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    Mute CRow
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    Aug 18th 2022, 12:30 PM

    More boosters and still no antivirals or monoclonal antibodies being made available to anyone other than politicians and elites.

    Paxlovid is made in Cork yet no normal person in the country can access it. Why?

    Where’s the treatment support for Long-COVID?

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    Aug 18th 2022, 2:19 PM

    @CRow: Regarding Paxlovid – all you have to do is go to your GP according to the HSE?
    https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/paxlovid/

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    Mute sean o'dhubhghaill
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    Aug 18th 2022, 2:28 PM

    @CRow: Show me ANY evidence or source for your claim of preferential treatment for so-called ‘elites’?

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    Aug 18th 2022, 2:46 PM

    @sean o’dhubhghaill: just put “politicians and elites” on any comment and watch the thumbs-up increasing :-)

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    Aug 18th 2022, 7:30 PM

    @Wolfgang Bonow: according to the HSE a GP ‘can’ prescribe it. When you look at the criteria they must meet to do so, it’s an extremely selective group. And somehow, antivaxers get priority on it over everyone else. Lucky them.

    As for ‘proof’ that politicians got it, they don‘T reveal that too willingly. Some of them don’t even reveal that they’re landlords despite it being illegal not to do so. But the fact that Martin tested positive in less than 5 days in March and didn’t miss the EU summit is very suspicious. An extraordinarily quick recovery without Paxlovid and extremely convenient.

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    Aug 18th 2022, 8:52 PM

    @Wolfgang Bonow: not true. You must be over 65.

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    Aug 18th 2022, 11:46 AM

    You may have a problem booking your vaccine using Safari on an iPhone. It has a problem with reCAPTCHA. Use Firefox or Chrome instead.

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    Aug 19th 2022, 10:11 AM

    How come the comments are closed for Robert Troy?

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