Booster for non residents
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:16am
Hello
We are going back to the UK in January but wonder if it is possible to receive a booster jab here in Spain as non residents?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:35am
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You would first have to obtain a temporary SIP card from the local salud, which if you had your first two jabs here you should already have.
Depends on your age group as at present it is only the over 70 age group that have being invited for boosters. If you read on here you’ll see that some 70+ year olds have appointments to have their booster in January.
This supply of vaccines arriving this week is for the 5-11 age group, which will delay the booster schedule.
Lynn
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:06am
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GrahamLynn wrote on Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:35am:
You would first have to obtain a temporary SIP card from the local salud, which if you had your first two jabs here you should already have.
Depends on your age group as at present it is only the over 70 age group that have being invited for boosters. If you read on here you’ll see that some 70+ year olds have appointments to have their booster in January....
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This supply of vaccines arriving this week is for the 5-11 age group, which will delay the booster schedule.
Lynn
Just to add for info, I'm in the 60-70 age category and getting my booster today at the same time as my flu jab at the Centro Salud.
Steve
DavidS wrote on Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:16am:
Hello
We are going back to the UK in January but wonder if it is possible to receive a booster jab here in Spain as non residents?
If you've had your previous jabs in the UK you might as well wait until you return home, then all your jabs will be on the NHS covid passport.
BTW Long queues for the booster in the UK after Boris announced that the booster's now available to everyone. I would recommend making an appointment for your return.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:50pm
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dinnerout wrote on Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:06am:
Just to add for info, I'm in the 60-70 age category and getting my booster today at the same time as my flu jab at the Centro Salud.
Steve
Arrived at the Centro Salud 15 minutes before the appointment time I'd been given to find a small queue. Doors were opened, processed quickly, flu and Covid booster administered and out 10 minutes after my appointment time. Not bad considering some people are waiting 7 hours in England.
Spain is so backward, isn't it 😎
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:45am
GrahamLynn wrote on Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:35am:
You would first have to obtain a temporary SIP card from the local salud, which if you had your first two jabs here you should already have.
Depends on your age group as at present it is only the over 70 age group that have being invited for boosters. If you read on here you’ll see that some 70+ year olds have appointments to have their booster in January....
Read more...
...
This supply of vaccines arriving this week is for the 5-11 age group, which will delay the booster schedule.
Lynn
For info , hubby (64) and I (60) are getting our boosters today. Medical centre in the Hondon Valley, Valencia region called us yesterday.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 1:42am
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For info, hubby and I, 64 and 61 respectively, are getting our boosters on Friday this week in Rojales health centre.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:19am
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DavidS wrote on Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:16am:
Hello
We are going back to the UK in January but wonder if it is possible to receive a booster jab here in Spain as non residents?
Hi David,
Where did you receive your first 2 doses? I've just seen on this morning's news that UK citizens need to have the third jab on their Covid 'passport' in order to be considered fully vaccinated. If you had your first 2 jabs in the UK, it will probably be more convenient for you to have your third jab there, so that your documentation is complete.
Kind regards,
Kim
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:27pm
Kimmy11 wrote on Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:19am:
Hi David,
Where did you receive your first 2 doses? I've just seen on this morning's news that UK citizens need to have the third jab on their Covid 'passport' in order to be considered fully vaccinated. If you had your first 2 jabs in the UK, it will probably be more convenient for you to have...
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... your third jab there, so that your documentation is complete.
Kind regards,
Kim
Thanks Kim
Yes, we had our first and second jabs in England, so I think you are right that we may as well wait.
Merry Christmas.
David.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:22pm
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Feliz navidad, David, stay safe.
Kim
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