A second Covid booster dose is now being supplied to excessive threat teams of individuals throughout Scotland.
Coronavirus an infection may be extra severe for individuals who are older in addition to these with a weakened immune system, that means you will need to guarantee safety ranges stay excessive.
To assist guarantee this, a fourth dose of the vaccine is being supplied as a precaution to those that are deemed to be at larger threat.
This dose - which is a second booster - is being given to cut back your threat of getting critically in poor health from coronavirus, requiring hospital therapy and even dying when you turn out to be in poor health with coronavirus.
However who's being supplied the vaccine?
Right here is all the pieces it is advisable to know...
Who's being supplied a fourth dose/second booster jab?
Some Scots are actually being supplied a fourth dose - a second booster dose - of the coronavirus vaccine.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advise a spring dose of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine for:
- adults aged 75 years and over (or will flip 75 by 30 June 2022)
- residents in care properties for older adults
- people aged 12 years and over who've a weakened immune system
How you can ebook your fourth dose
The spring booster dose will often be supplied round six months after your final dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Nevertheless, you could be invited prior to this in a bid to assist shield towards elevated ranges of coronavirus infections.
In the intervening time, you can't ebook your fourth dose or use the drop in clinics for booster quantity two.
As an alternative, NHS Scotland will contact you to rearrange your appointment on the proper time for you.
Booster/third dose for others
Scots who 16-years-old advert over can ebook their third dose - booster dose - of the coronavirus vaccine on-line, right here.
You can be requested to your username and password - the element you arrange and used to ebook your first two doses.
If you happen to can't bear in mind these particulars or want different help with the intention to ebook your booster dose, you may name the Nationwide Vaccination Helpline on 0800 030 8013.
NHS Scotland recommends that you just ebook an appointment to your coronavirus vaccine booster not less than three months (12 weeks) after your second dose
The JCVI recommends that the booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine is obtainable to:
- everybody aged 16 years or over
- older adults residing in care properties
- frontline well being and social care employees
- folks aged 12 years and over with a severely weakened immune system who've had a third main dose
- youngsters and younger folks aged 12 to fifteen years who're at elevated threat from coronavirus on account of underlying well being situations
- youngsters and younger folks aged 12 to fifteen years who dwell with somebody with a weakened immune system
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