AstraZeneca dose gap reduced from 12 to eight weeks under new advice

Waterford, Ireland / WLR
Jun 3, 2021 | 6:47 AM
The Health Service Executive (HSE) will be able to reduce the gap between the first and second doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from 12 weeks to eight weeks, after it received new advice.
The advice was outlined in a letter from chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan which has been sent to the HSE after a new recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac).
The HSE will now consider the advice and how it can be used in the national vaccine rollout.
Second dose
If the advice is taken up, people who have received their first AstraZeneca dose will now receive a second jab at least four weeks earlier.

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