Do I need to make an appointment for COVID-19 vaccine booster?

Now the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine has been inoculated in various places. Can I get a third shot of booster in different places? Do you need to make an appointment before injecting the booster? Many friends want to know the answer to this question. Let's have a quick look.

Can't COVID-19 vaccine booster be injected in one place?

All four vaccines can be vaccinated with booster shots, but mixed vaccination is not recommended at present.

Wu Liangyou said that strengthening immunization is of great significance for protecting susceptible people and effectively curbing the spread of the epidemic. Internationally, some countries have started or announced plans to strengthen immunization.

According to the results of expert research and the needs of epidemic prevention and control, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council recently launched the COVID-19 vaccine intensive immunization. Inactivated vaccines from Sinopharm Zhongsheng Beijing Company, Beijing Kexing Company and Sinopharm Zhongsheng Wuhan Company and adenovirus vector vaccines from Tianjin Kangxinuo Company can be vaccinated once for all people aged 65,438+08 and above who have been vaccinated for six months.

"From the perspective of intensive immunization, experts suggest using homologous vaccines, that is, vaccines with the same technical route." Wang Huaqing, chief expert of immunization program of China CDC, pointed out that the strategy of strengthening immunization in China is homologous vaccination, and mixed vaccination is not recommended.

The expert group suggested that some staff of customs, border inspection, aviation, isolated observation points and designated hospitals, students studying abroad, and people over 60 years old with low immune function, including immunodeficiency, may consider strengthening immunization after completing the whole immunization for 6 months.

Do I need to make an appointment for COVID-19 vaccine booster?

COVID-19 vaccinators need to make an appointment.

Open the WeChat homepage, search for the applet Tencent Health at the top, click Enter, and then click Vaccine Service.

In the vaccine service interface, you can make an appointment for COVID-19 vaccine, HPV vaccine, influenza vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine. Then click View after making an appointment for vaccination in COVID-19, and make an appointment by phone according to the appointment tutorial.

In COVID-19, you can also calculate the vaccination date of the booster vaccine to see if it is time to get vaccinated. You can follow the prompts to fill in the relevant information for testing. It should be noted that after the second vaccine, it takes 6 months to get the booster shot.

On this page, you can also check some questions and answers about COVID-19 vaccine for adults and children, so that you will feel more at ease after vaccination.

Should COVID-19 vaccine booster be on an empty stomach?

Vaccination of COVID-19 vaccine does not need fasting, so it is better not to vaccinate on an empty stomach.

First of all, vaccination with COVID-19 vaccine after eating will not affect the vaccination effect, but vaccination with COVID-19 vaccine at this time will help reduce the occurrence of adverse reactions. In addition, if COVID-19 vaccine is inoculated on an empty stomach, some vaccinators may have nausea, dizziness and limb weakness, and some patients may feel flustered and unwell due to fasting fatigue and hypoglycemia.

How will COVID-19 vaccine booster react?

After intensive injection of COVID-19 vaccine, some people will have adverse reactions, mainly local reactions, but local skin at the injection site will have congestion, edema, induration and pain. Systemic reactions mainly include fever, headache, dizziness, fatigue, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and even abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, listlessness and so on. In severe cases, rash and itching may occur, and even progressive dyspnea may occur. Usually, after vaccination with COVID-19 vaccine booster, you should stay in the same place for more than half an hour, and you don't need to see a doctor in time at any time.