Over 41 million Brits have already received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, with 30 million already fully inoculated with their second dose.
All adults over 18 will be able to book in a vaccine ‘by the end of the week’.
You don’t know which vaccine you’ll be getting – Moderna, Pfizer, or Oxford – until the day. So is there a chance your second dose will be a different kind to your first one?
Here is all you need to know about mixing and matching vaccines.
Can you mix and match the Covid vaccines?
Researchers are currently investigating ‘mix and match’ vaccine doses, as initial findings suggest it could boost immune responses.
However, at time of writing, there’s still no conclusive answer on whether or not mixing and matching doses has a positive or negative effect on efficacy.
Currently, your GP will only offer you the same type of vaccine – so if you’ve had AstraZeneca for your first dose, you’ll be offered it for your second dose, too.
The latest UK study on mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines – called Com-COV – found that people who receive a cocktail of different vaccines experienced higher rates of common vaccine-related side effects, such as fever, than did people who received two doses of the same vaccine.
None of the side effects from this May study were deemed severe.
However, taking a ‘cocktail’ of different vaccines has not yet been approved by the UK.
It is unlikely that you will be offered a different vaccine type to the first one you received, but if you are then you should inform a member of staff at the vaccine centre.
You will then be able to rebook your appointment for a day where the centre has your kind of vaccine.
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