2024 Autumn Flu and Covid Boosters

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Flu & Covid Vaccine Booster Clinics starting for Patients Over 75 years on 3rd October 2024

We will call patients age 70-75 years next, then age 65-69 years, 60-65 years and people with chronic health conditions thereafter.

If you only want one vaccine i.e. Flu and not Covid or vice versa, please let us know on your booking form.

***ONE BOOKING SLOT IS REQUIRED PER PERSON***

You may use the link more than once.

As clinics fill up more dates will be added.

We will be offering both the flu vaccine and covid booster at these clinics, the 2 separate vaccines can very safely be given at the same time. All patients over 60 years and people under 60 with a chronic illness such as diabetes, asthma, COPD, liver/kidney disease, pregnant women, carers etc are recommended to have the flu vaccine every year and a covid booster now.

See here for more information on who can get a free flu vaccine.

See here for more information on who should have a covid booster now.

You must leave ideally 6 months between your last covid vaccine dose or infection and this booster vaccine. We are calling people based on age and clinical need, starting with patients over 80 years.

Please Wear Short Sleeves or a Loose Shirt/Blouse on the Day - Vaccine is to the Upper Arm/Shoulder.

The Adapted Covid Vaccine Booster helps your body to produce antibodies to the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes covid-19, it also specifically targets the Omicron Variant.

It will greatly reduce your risk of severe illness or death should you contract Covid and should also reduce your risk of contracting Covid.

Vaccination takes 5 minutes, but NIAC recommend that you wait for 15 minutes after vaccination, if you have ever had an allergic reaction we may need to observe you afterwards.

POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE ADAPTED COVID VACCINE

The side effects of the adapted vaccines are similar to the previous vaccines and these include sore arm, headaches, fevers, temporary tiredness as well as muscle aches and pains, nausea and rarely bells palsy. Please see HERE for more information.

If these POTENTIAL side effects do occur, they usually start within hours and should settle within 2 days of the of the vaccine being administered. If you are affected, take paracetamol and contact us if your side effects are significantly affecting you.

Here is a link to further information about the Covid vaccine that has been provided by the HSE: https://www2.hse.ie/covid-19-vaccine/

For information on the flu vaccine go to https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/flu/flu-vaccine/

THREE CLINICS (1st, 3rd and 10th October) CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO BOOK, MORE WILL BE ADDED WHEN THESE ARE BOOKED UP.