Written answers

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Department of Health

Vaccination Programme

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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2726. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting period after each of the Covid-19 vaccines to achieve maximum immunity; if public health messages can clarify this matter; if the new Digital COVID Certificate will refer to this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38925/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Under current travel regulations 'Vaccinated Person' means a person vaccinated with an EMA approved vaccine, with recommended number of days after the final dose. The following table sets out timelines for the four different vaccinations being used.

2 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®)
2 doses of Moderna Vaccine: CX-024414 (Moderna®)
2 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine: ChAdOx1-SARS-COV-2 (Vaxzevria® or Covishield)
1 dose of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Vaccine: Ad26.COV2-S [recombinant] (Janssen®)
This information is publicly available at: www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/get-the-vaccine/when-you-have-been-vaccinated/.

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