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22/02/2022
Alliance Calls For Clarity On NI's Vaccine Programme
Alliance has called for further clarity on the next stage of Northern Ireland's vaccination programme.
An additional booster dose is to be made available to all adults over 75 and vulnerable over-12s this spring. An autumn booster programme is also planned for later this year.
Making the call, Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw, said: "It is welcome there is now an announcement on the advice concerning the next stage of the vaccination programme, but it will need to be accompanied swiftly by further detail.
"Some members of the public will be surprised and even confused to see an announcement concerning higher age groups come so soon after one about children's vaccination, for which detail is also required. It also remains the case some people have not come forward for any vaccinations, while others have opted against the booster.
"What is required now is a clear statement of how this will be taken forward and also why. We need clear advice to the public as soon as possible on what 'waning immunity' means, and what the optimum gap between vaccines will be."
An additional booster dose is to be made available to all adults over 75 and vulnerable over-12s this spring. An autumn booster programme is also planned for later this year.
Making the call, Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw, said: "It is welcome there is now an announcement on the advice concerning the next stage of the vaccination programme, but it will need to be accompanied swiftly by further detail.
"Some members of the public will be surprised and even confused to see an announcement concerning higher age groups come so soon after one about children's vaccination, for which detail is also required. It also remains the case some people have not come forward for any vaccinations, while others have opted against the booster.
"What is required now is a clear statement of how this will be taken forward and also why. We need clear advice to the public as soon as possible on what 'waning immunity' means, and what the optimum gap between vaccines will be."
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