Question

How are the COVID-19 vaccines given?

22 December 2020. Related: All topics, COVID-19.

Answer

Answer: Simon Collins

The vaccines used in the UK are given as an injection into your upper arm. 

The Pfizer vaccine originally needed the second dose to be given three weeks later. The government later changed the second dose to be given after 12 weeks,

Although some protection starts after the first dose, full protection is not until seven days after the second dose.

The second dose of the Oxford vaccine is also given after approximately 12 weeks.

This is one of more than 65 questions about COVID vaccines. It was produced by and for people living with HIV.
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