As per NIAC guidelines the following groups will next be eligible for a second booster:
- age 50 and over
- 12 or older with a condition that puts you at high risk of serious illness from COVID-19 – for example, diabetes, asthma or heart disease
- pregnant (from 16 weeks)
- a healthcare worker
Include your name, address, date of birth, PPS number.
Flu vaccines are now available in Minihans Pharmacy. You can get the flu vaccine for free if you are in an at-risk group. Contact us for more details.
People at-risk:
All people 65 years of age and older
Children from 2 to 17 (Nasal spray- due in October*)
- All pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy
- People with a long-term medical condition – for example, a heart, lung, kidney, liver or neurological disease
- People with diabetes
- People with cancer
- People living in a nursing home or other long-term care facility
- People who are a household contact of someone at risk or a carer
- Healthcare workers
- People with Down Syndrome
- People with haemoglobinopathies (blood disorders)
- People with regular close contact with poultry, water fowl or pigs
- People with a body mass index (BMI) of over 40
