{"id":585,"date":"2023-09-16T22:07:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microregistrar.com\/?p=585"},"modified":"2023-09-16T22:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:07:52","slug":"covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microregistrar.com\/?p=585","title":{"rendered":"COVID vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Age-specific recommendations on vaccine type<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary vaccination<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6m &#8211; 4Y: infant dose of Pfizer BioNTech (Comirnaty\u00ae 3 micrograms) is recommended.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 &#8211; 11Y: paediatric formulation of Pfizer BioNTech (Comirnaty\u00ae10). Comirnaty\u00ae Original\/Omicron BA.4\/5 (5\/5 micrograms), the bivalent vaccine targeting the latest variant, may be used when this vaccine is deployed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 &#8211; 17Y: The adult\/adolescent (30 micrograms) dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine (Comirnaty\u00ae). Although Moderna products are approved in this age group, Pfizer is currently preferred due to a lower reported rate of myocarditis. AstraZeneca vaccine is not available anymore. When mRNA vaccines are not considered clinically suitable, Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&gt;18Y: a full booster dose of the bivalent Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (0.5ml or 25 + 25 micrograms of Spikevax\u00ae bivalent Original\/Omicron) or the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine (0.3ml or 15 + 15 micrograms of Comirnaty\u00ae Original\/Omicron) should be offered when someone attends for primary vaccination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pregnant women in eligible groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the JCVI advice, the preference is to use the bivalent mRNA vaccines containing the latest variant (currently BA.4\/5), however using a bivalent with a previous variant (such as BA.1) or full dose mRNA<br>vaccine (Pfizer BioNTech 30 micrograms) may be used if there would otherwise be a delay in vaccination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Age-specific recommendations on vaccine type Primary vaccination Based on the JCVI advice, the preference is to use the bivalent mRNA 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