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Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Like other coronaviruses, it has characteristic crown-like protein spikes on the surface which it uses to infect the cells in our airways. The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, provides your body with the instructions to make the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The spike protein is presented to the cells in the lymph nodes and induces a strong immune response.
The Pfizer Comirnaty Omicron 30mcg XBB.1.5 supersedes the previous 12+ Comirnaty vaccines. This is the current vaccine we are using.
Although protection against reinfection with Omicron variants wanes within months of additional doses, protection remains sustained against severe disease. It is not yet certain how long the protection from COVID-19 vaccines and infection lasts. For most, it appears that protection against severe disease extends beyond six months as immune memory develops. The immune function of some people, particularly older age groups, is not as robust as it is in younger healthy people. This means that any protection they gain from the vaccine is shorter-lived, increasing the risk of severe COVID-19 as their immunity wanes. Additional doses help to bolster this immunity and have been shown to be highly protective, at least for several months, against COVID-19-related hospitalisation and death.
A single dose is recommended for individuals aged 16 years and over, after completing the primary course. This is given at least six months after previous COVID-19 vaccination or COVID-19 infection. Additional doses of Comirnaty 30mcg XBB.1.5 continue to be recommended from six months after last COVID-19 vaccination for those aged 12 and over who are eligible because of a higher risk of severe infection. They continue to be available for healthy people aged 30 and over.
The interval recommended from prior COVID-19 infection or vaccination is six months as we know that protection against severe disease persists for up to at least six months. Having a dose earlier has limited benefit.
You can find you current covid status online on you MyCovid record.
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