COVID-19 Booster Vaccination – Adapted Vaccine

COVID-19 Booster Vaccination – Adapted Vaccine

Book your COVID-19 Booster Vaccination at Foley’s Chemist. Bookings are every 30 minutes from 11.00am to 12.00pm and 3.00pm to 4.30pm Monday to Friday*

*excluding bank holidays

The High Risk group includes people who:

• have a learning disability other than Down syndrome
• are being treated for cancer but are not very high risk
• have been treated in the past 5 years for a cancer of the blood or bone marrow (such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma)
• have been treated in the past year with immunomodulating treatment for a cancer that did not start in the blood or bone marrow
• have chronic heart disease (such as heart failure)
• have chronic kidney disease with an eGFR below 30ml a minute
• have chronic liver disease (such as cirrhosis or fibrosis)
• have a condition affecting the brain or nerves (such as Parkinson’s disease or cerebral palsy) that affects their breathing or ability to protect or clear their airway
• have clinically stable cystic fibrosis
• have a serious lung condition but are not at very high risk, for example, severe asthma, moderate COPD, emphysema or bronchitis
• have diabetes
• are taking medicine that makes your immune system weak (such as high doses of steroids)
• have a condition that means you have a high risk of getting infections (such as lupus, scleroderma, or HIV when not on treatment or CD4 count <200)
• have an inherited metabolic disorder but are not very high risk
• have obesity with a body mass index (BMI) between 35 and 40
• have a severe mental illness (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression)