Booster vaccination

We had our flu vaccines the week before at our GP surgery.

Would anybody know how long after a Covid infection can you have the booster? I have an appointment booked for next week and I wouldn’t want to wait till then to find out. I’ve tried to phone the number given but that’s only to cancel/change the booking.

This is on the British Heart Foundation website.

Can I have a booster jab if I’ve recently had Covid?
If you’ve tested positive for Covid-19, you need to wait four weeks (28 days) from the day of your positive test to have a booster. If you’ve already booked your booster appointment and then test positive, make sure to log in and reschedule your booking.

That’s what it says on the NHS vaccine site too

Thanks Marydoll that’s very useful to know!

It’s 28 days after the date you tested positive, BlueSky. The information is on the website somewhere. I allowed a couple of extra days just in case the relevant date was the day I received the PCR confirmation result.

Yep, 28 days.

We had ours yesterday. We’d booked at a local large hub and it was very efficient. We’d to queue for around 15 minutes and the lovely volunteers kept apologising for the wait. Apparently they had a lot of walk ins yesterday and they don’t like to turn anyone away if they can possibly fit them in.

I feel wiped out today, with an upset stomach, perhaps because of my recent Covid infection, so I’m having a lazy day in bed. Saying that, DH and two friends who were isolating at the same time as us haven’t had any side effects at all. The luck of the draw, I guess.

I’m just happy and grateful to be one of the 11 million who’ve already had their booster.

Thanks Maggie and Maddy, do you get the same jab as the previous two, a different one or does it vary?

We got the Pfizer as a booster after AZ for the first two. That seems to be standard here, BlueSky.

Don't know what those who had Pfizer for the first two had as a booster though, I'm afraid.

They get Pfizer. My sister and BIL had their boosters yesterday and that’s their 3rd Pfizer. We had AZ then Pfizer booster.

The majority of booster doses are Pfizer or Moderna.

We both have had three doses of Pfizer.

We had AZ for the first two and a Pfizer booster.

I see Pfizer seems to be the booster. We had AZ before. Just curious doesn’t matter which. Thanks!

As others have said boosters are Pfizer or Moderna regardless of first dose- not sure why . I had mine yesterday - no impact whatsoever so far and my arm is a lot less sore than with the flu jab . Very grateful to have this extra protection. .

I heard ( from the Zoe app and other sources) almost all boosters will be Pfizer - a few will be half dose Moderna. Everyone I know has had Pfizer as their booster.

We had Moderna.

Just to report I had my Pfizer booster on Friday - no problems at all, arm less sore than with Flu vacc. I’m happy .

I had my booster Pfizer this morning, all well organised and quick. So far so good, will see tonight and tomorrow.

Flu and booster jabs for me today, at last. The flu arm is sore, the other is ok. No other side effects so far.

OK felt a bit weird during the night and this morning, as if I was going to come down with something. Hopefully it’ll all clear after the first 48 hrs.

Booster for both of us today. Done at a local pharmacy, minimal queues and quick and easy. So far, we both feel ok but see how we are tomorrow.

Update on last nights post…..DH is fine. I’m in bed with a temperature and not feeling 100%. Dosed up, napping in and off. Could be a coincidence but I don’t think so.