Astrazeneca dose gap can be cut from 12 to 8 weeks, says Niac

Astrazeneca dose gap can be cut from 12 to 8 weeks, says Niac

Public Health Nurse Deirdre Murphy with a vial of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination at the mass vaccination centre in the Helix, DCU, Dublin. Picture: PA

New advice issued to the HSE allows for the gap between AstraZeneca vaccination doses to be reduced by four weeks. 

The National Immunisation Advisory Council (NIAC) has advised that the wait time between the first and second dose of the vaccine can be cut from 12 weeks to eight weeks.

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