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Covid-19 booster vaccination doses are now available by appointment at Kilcreene Hospital in Kilkenny
As Covid figures are unfortunately peaking again, it is time to considering getting a COVID-19 booster to protect your immunity from the virus.
The HSE are now going to extend the Booster programme to lower age profiles including those aged 18 to 49. Appointments are available from today.
The country's hospitals remain under severe pressure with large numbers of people waiting for admission on trolleys in emergency departments nationally. Yesterday there were 57 people waiting on trolleys in St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny. The overcrowding is being caused by an increase in respiratory infections, including COVID-19 and the flu.
Booster vaccination doses are available by appointment at Unit 24, Hebron Industrial Estate, Hebron Road, Kilkenny R95X895 (see https://www2.hse.ie/services/ covid-19-vaccination-centres/? county=Kilkenny for opening times).
It is advised that before getting a booster, you should wait at least four months after getting your last COVID-19 vaccine. You can check the date of your last vaccine on your digital COVID-19 certificate. Also, if you had COVID-19, you should wait at least four months since you tested positive or from when your symptoms started.
New adapted COVID-19 vaccines are now being offered as booster doses. These vaccines are expected to provide better protection against COVID-19, including the Omicron variant.
You can also get your COVID-19 booster and flu vaccine at the same time.
People under 16 must attend their booster appointment with a parent or guardian. A parent or guardian will need to give consent for their child’s vaccination.
The public are being reminded by the HSE that it's important to keep up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines, even if you are already vaccinated or you have had COVID-19 as the protection from previous doses or a COVID-19 infection may weaken with time. You may also be at higher risk of severe disease if you get COVID-19.
A booster can prevent the possibility of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19 illness.
It may take 7 days for a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose to work.
It is also important for your booster appointment, to bring a photo ID that shows your date of birth.
To arrange an appointment visit: https://www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/get-the-vaccine/booking/
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