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COVID-19 vaccination and the Ukraine crisis

Can a person receive routine vaccination for adults (e.g., Tdap vaccine against tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis) and COVID-19 vaccination during the same visit?

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6/27/2022

According to WHO guidelines based on several co-administration studies of COVID-19 vaccines and inferred from co-administration studies of other adult vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines may be given concomitantly (during the same visit), or any time before or after, other adult vaccines including live attenuated, inactivated, adjuvanted, or non-adjuvanted vaccines.

When administered concomitantly, the vaccines should be injected using individual syringes, in separate sites, preferably different extremities.

For children and adolescents, evidence from co-administration studies is currently insufficient. Nevertheless, the same principle as with adults can be applied. Each opportunity or visit to a health care provider should be used to administer missing vaccines to get maximum protection.

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