People with impaired immunity who received a third additional dose after two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may receive a booster dose (fourth) at least five months apart from the additional dose, the Ministry of Health decided.
In a statement published on Tuesday, the Ministry’s website indicated that the decision was taken taking into account the position of the Medical Council and the recommendations of the Team for Protective Vaccinations.
“People from 12 years of age who have received an additional dose (people with immunodeficiency) may receive a booster dose (fourth) at an interval of at least 5 months after the additional dose”, the ministry informed.
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The Ministry of Health informed that in the booster vaccination performed in people after an additional dose, it is recommended to administer the mRNA vaccine – Comirnata (Pfizer-BioNTech) in the full dose (30 µg) 0,3 ml or Spikevax (Moderna) in half the dose (50 µg) – 0,25 , 19 ml. “The COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen vaccine can only be conditionally administered as a heterologous booster dose after primary immunization with an additional dose made with COVID-18 mRNA vaccine in individuals over XNUMX years of age.” – marked.
Automatic issuance of a referral for vaccination with a booster dose for people who took the additional dose will take place if the period of 150 days has passed from the additional dose and the vaccination itself has been correctly recorded in the vaccination card. In the absence of a referral, the decision to issue it is made by the physician, maintaining the required minimum interval for administering the booster dose.
The full text of the announcement is available on the website of the Ministry of Health.
The fourth dose is for people: receiving active anti-cancer therapy; after organ transplants receiving immunosuppressive drugs or biological therapies; after stem cell transplant within the last two years; with moderate or severe primary immunodeficiency syndromes; with HIV infection; currently treated with high doses of corticosteroids or other medications that may suppress the immune response.
Author: Katarzyna Lechowicz-Dyl
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