Please can anyone help, I am a resident in Spain had my 2 jabs but not my booster yet I'm 60yrs old, I'm going to the UK for Christmas does anyone know if I can get my booster in UK will it be recognised in Spain?
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 11:03pm
Sandra7 wrote on Wed Dec 8, 2021 8:15pm:
Please can anyone help, I am a resident in Spain had my 2 jabs but not my booster yet I'm 60yrs old, I'm going to the UK for Christmas does anyone know if I can get my booster in UK will it be recognised in Spain?
Like you Sandra, I am “ hoping to go to U.K. for Xmas. I am 64 and had my last jab ( AstraZeneca) on June 28th. So given the 6 month rule, I would not be able to have the booster before I flew. I went to my local Salud anyway to enquire and was flatly refused despite being asthmatic and myself working with the public in a Drs surgery. But I saw today that if your previous vaccines were AstraZeneca then you could be able to have your booster after 3 months ( this would be moderna or Pfizer I understand). I might have read the notice incorrectly as it is in Valenciano or Castellano. It may be referring to the gap required between the 1st and 2nd AstraZeneca vaccines which was 12 weeks ? So I am happy to be corrected, but the info next to it on Pfizer relates to 6 months and there was only 4 weeks between each dose on that.
I have booked mine online for next week, but I will go into the salud ( armed with the relevant document) and check with the receptionist, cancelling my appointment if need be.
I will try and upload the relevant document.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:27am
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In our area, the booster is only available to the over 70’s at present. If you look on here you’ll find some 70+ year olds with appointments for January and February.
The next batch of vaccines arriving on Monday have now been earmarked for the 5-11 year olds, as they are the age group with the highest number of cases at the moment.
Lynn
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:03pm
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Leigh Patterson wrote on Fri Dec 10, 2021 11:03pm:
Like you Sandra, I am “ hoping to go to U.K. for Xmas. I am 64 and had my last jab ( AstraZeneca) on June 28th. So given the 6 month rule, I would not be able to have the booster before I flew. I went to my local Salud anyway to enquire and was flatly refused despite being asthmatic and myself ...
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...working with the public in a Drs surgery. But I saw today that if your previous vaccines were AstraZeneca then you could be able to have your booster after 3 months ( this would be moderna or Pfizer I understand). I might have read the notice incorrectly as it is in Valenciano or Castellano. It may be referring to the gap required between the 1st and 2nd AstraZeneca vaccines which was 12 weeks ? So I am happy to be corrected, but the info next to it on Pfizer relates to 6 months and there was only 4 weeks between each dose on that.
I have booked mine online for next week, but I will go into the salud ( armed with the relevant document) and check with the receptionist, cancelling my appointment if need be.
I will try and upload the relevant document.
Please let us know how it goes, I have heard of others in the 60s age group getting the booster in the Benidorm area but not around Torrevieja, only 70s +.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:41pm
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Hi Sandra,
there is a post earlier today - Mix and Match Corona Virus Certificates - where the poster describes how they had two jabs in the UK and manage to get the details transferred to their Spanish covid records when back in Spain. So I would say you should be able to get a booster given in the UK recognised when you get back to Spain.
Sorry, I don't know how to link to the post but it was only a few hours ago so should be easy to find, posted by steveyjoanna in the coronavirus discussion section.
Aitch.
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:46pm
Mrmike wrote on Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:03pm:
Please let us know how it goes, I have heard of others in the 60s age group getting the booster in the Benidorm area but not around Torrevieja, only 70s +.
Yes, I certainly will. I live in Gata De Gorgos, close to Denia. Today they had a “no appointment necessary” open morning at Denia hospital for this booster (over 60) and tomorrow in Javea they have the same from 08:30 till 2pm I think at the centro Salud in the old town ….but from 65 yrs upwards.
If I can find the poster I will attach it. I think it was on Fb.
Kind regards,
Leigh
The next Sunday December 12 a Open Doors Day to carry out another round of vaccination against COVID-19 at the CSI Xàbia, in the Plaza de la Constitució. The initiative will be carried out between 08:30 and 14:00 in the morning.
COVID-19 vaccination day in Xàbia
The vaccines will be from Moderna, for this reason, the revaccination of people will be carried out with the Janssen dose, the first doses will be administered to people over 12 years old, the third dose for people over 65 years old. For this, it is essential to know the period that must pass between doses. This will be 6 months for patients vaccinated with Pfizer and Moderna and 3 months for those vaccinated with AstraZeneca.
To be able to carry out the vaccination, you will need to present the SIP card and the DNI.
Hi Sandra,
I would imagine you will get your booster quite soon, I am in the same age group and received a text message at the weekend...... Went along yesterday (Monday 13th) and got the jab.
I am in Elda so it might be dependent on your local health centre, maybe you could pop along and ask them ?
Have you got the GVASalut app ? I did notice recently that you can book an appointment on that, (I used it to book a flu jab a couple of weeks ago)
Incidentally ... I also used the app earlier today to download an updated copy of the "Covid EU Digital Certificate" and I was pleased to see that it now shows vaccination status of 3/3
Regards
Gary
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:31pm
Thank you very much x
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 5:37pm
Leigh Patterson wrote on Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:46pm:
Yes, I certainly will. I live in Gata De Gorgos, close to Denia. Today they had a “no appointment necessary” open morning at Denia hospital for this booster (over 60) and tomorrow in Javea they have the same from 08:30 till 2pm I think at the centro Salud in the old town ….but from 65 yrs u...
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...pwards.
If I can find the poster I will attach it. I think it was on Fb.
Kind regards,
Leigh
The next Sunday December 12 a Open Doors Day to carry out another round of vaccination against COVID-19 at the CSI Xàbia, in the Plaza de la Constitució. The initiative will be carried out between 08:30 and 14:00 in the morning.
COVID-19 vaccination day in XàbiaThe vaccines will be from Moderna, for this reason, the revaccination of people will be carried out with the Janssen dose, the first doses will be administered to people over 12 years old, the third dose for people over 65 years old. For this, it is essential to know the period that must pass between doses. This will be 6 months for patients vaccinated with Pfizer and Moderna and 3 months for those vaccinated with AstraZeneca.
To be able to carry out the vaccination, you will need to present the SIP card and the DNI.
UPDATE….
Had my 3rd Vaccine tonight.
My first 2 were AstraZeneca and my booster was not due till Earliest December 28th…but YES, they have reduced the delay from 6 months to 3 months.
Easy to book on the GVA.salut app
My appointment at my local Salud in Gata de Gorgos said I was having Pfizer but I asked just before I had it and it was Moderna. No problem for me.
Hope this update helps,
Regards
Leigh
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:23pm
Thank you very much
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