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Covid-19: Second booster vaccines offered to people aged 18 to 49
Move comes amid steep rise in coronavirus, flu and other respiratory illnesses while Niac approves vaccines for children under five
People can get a Covid boooster once it is six months since their last vaccine or since they had Covid-19. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Emmet Malone
Thu Dec 29 2022 - 08:53
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5 MIN READ
Emmet Malone
Emmet Malone is Work Correspondent at The Irish Times
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