The HSE is encouraging people to get their recommended winter vaccines (Flu and COVID-19). Your next COVID-19 vaccine will help protect you from serious illness in the months ahead. If you’ve had COVID-19 recently, wait 4 months before booking your vaccine appointment.
Donegal COVID-19 Vaccination Centres and Pop up clinics are offering primary vaccinations and adapted bivalent booster doses to eligible cohorts. These new adapted bivalent vaccines offer increased protection against COVID-19 and the Omicron variant.
You can book your COVID-19 vaccine appointment online at www.hse.ie/book or you can walk-in to the centre. There are different times offered for different age cohorts, therefore please ensure you book/walk-in to the correct clinic for your age.
Flu and COVID-19 viruses are now circulating in our communities and as they are different viruses you will need two vaccines to be protected against both.
Getting the Flu vaccine is the best way to protect yourself, your family, colleagues and our health services. To book your Flu vaccine and to check if you are one of the eligible groups please contact your GP or check with your local pharmacy. You can also check which pharmacy is delivering flu vaccines via the pharmacy finder:https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/flu/pharmacies-flu/
Please see following information for eligibility and COVID-19 vaccine course.
- 65 years and older, 1st round of vaccination, 1st Booster dose, 2nd Booster dose, 3rd Booster dose
- 50 to 64 years, 1st round of vaccination, 1st Booster dose, 2nd Booster dose
- 12 to 49 years, (with certain long term medical conditions; residents of long-term care facilities), 1st round of vaccination, 1st Booster dose, 2nd Booster dose, 3rd Booster dose
- Healthcare Workers, 1st round of vaccination, 1st Booster dose, 2nd Booster dose
- 12 to 49 years, 1st round of vaccination, 1st Booster dose
- 12 years and older (with a weak immune system), 1st round of vaccination, Additional dose, 1st Booster dose, 2nd Booster dose, 3rd Booster dose
- Pregnancy, 1st round of vaccination, 1st Booster dose, 2nd Booster dose
- Children 5 -11 years, 1st round of vaccination
- Children 5 -11 years (with a weak immune system), 1st round of vaccination, Additional dose, 1st Booster dose
The following COVID-19 Vaccination clinics will be offered in Donegal this week:
Letterkenny COVID-19 Vaccination Centre, Building 1b IDA Business Park, Ballyraine, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, F92 FP83:
Wednesday 16th November
8:15am to 4:15pm – 12 years and over
Friday 18th November
9:15am to 5:15pm – 12 years and over
Saturday 19th November
10:15am to 4:30pm 12 years and over
5pm to 6:15pm – 5 to 11 years of age
COVID-19 Vaccination Pop-up Clinic at Buncrana Primary Care Centre, Buncrana, Co Donegal, F93 E12W:
Saturday 19th November
11am to 5:15pm – 12 years and over
Sinead McConnell, General Manager, COVID-19 Vaccination Programme, CH CDLMS said “Vaccination can offer significant protection against COVID-19 illness, infection and death. Therefore, we are encouraging everyone to give their immune system the top it needs in order to protect themselves and those around them from serious illness this winter.”
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