Chris Seeks Clarity Regarding Safety Timescales Between Vaccinations

WA Vaccination

Chris Seeks Clarity Regarding Safety Timescales Between Vaccinations

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Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the shortest time is in which an unvaccinated person can receive two covid-19 vaccinations and a booster so that they are protected to the maximum extent from the omicron variant; and if he will make a statement.

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Maggie Throup The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care

The shortest time for an individual aged 18 or over who is not severely immunosuppressed to receive two primary dose COVID-19 vaccinations and a booster would be approximately five months.

The dose interval between a booster dose and second dose was changed from six months to a minimum of three months at that point, to enable maximum protection from the Omicron variant.

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