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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3303. To ask the Minister for Health the time period required to elapse after each vaccine after which a person is considered fully vaccinated; if this is two-weeks for all vaccines or if there is variation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41292/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The four European Medicines Agency approved vaccines have specific definitions for when a person is considered fully vaccinated. It is essential that all individuals receive the full course of vaccination, as per the vaccination schedule if they are to be fully protected.

The following table sets out the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’;

A full course of any one of the following vaccines Regarded as fully vaccinated after
2 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®) 7 days
2 doses of Moderna Vaccine: CX-024414 (Moderna®) 14 days
2 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine: ChAdOx1-SARS-COV-2 (Vaxzevria® or Covishield) 15 days
1 dose of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Vaccine: Ad26.COV2-S [recombinant] (Janssen®) 14 days

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