The National Immunisation Advisory Committee has given the green light to the mixing of vaccines in certain circumstances.  They’ve also advised that boosters shots be given around the same time as the flu shot at the end of September. For more on this, we spoke to Dr. Elizabeth Ryan, Lecturer in Immunology at the University of Limerick.

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