AidsmapThe British HIV Association (BHIVA) recently updated its guidance on COVID vaccinations for people with HIV to align with the recommendation by the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) that people aged 12 years and over who are immunosuppressed, including all people with HIV, should have a first or second booster dose six months after their last vaccine dose – even if they have already had a previous booster.
This booster should be of one of the two mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer or Moderna, even for people who originally had the Oxord/AstraZeneca vaccine.
Given that three doses were recommended as the original vaccine regimen for people with HIV and other clinically vulnerable people, and that some people with HIV have already had a booster dose this winter, the spring booster could be people’s third, fourth or even fifth COVID vaccine shot.
Read the full story at Aidsmap.
Source : Aidsmap
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