HSE move comes amid steep rise in cases of coronavirus, flu and other respiratory illnesses
People can get a Covid boooster once it is 6 months since their last vaccine or since they have had a Covid-19 infection. File photograph: Gareth Chaney/CollinsSecond Covid-19 boosters are to be offered to people aged 18-49, the HSE announced today.
, once it is 6 months since their last vaccine or since they have had a Covid-19 infection.HSE chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry said: “We continue to be very concerned about the steep rise in cases of Covid-19, influenza and other respiratory illness at this time.”
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