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Vaccinating against covid and flu at same time is safe, study shows

BMJ 2021; 375 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2411 (Published 01 October 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;375:n2411

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  1. Jacqui Wise
  1. Kent

Administering an influenza vaccine at the same time as a second dose of a covid-19 vaccine produced no safety concerns and preserves the immune response to both vaccines, say researchers.1

The results from the ComFluCOV study have already been presented to the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and fed into the committee’s recent advice that the flu vaccine can be co-administered with a booster or third dose of a covid-19 vaccine.2

The study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, has been published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.

A total of 679 volunteers were recruited across 12 NHS sites in England and Wales. They were all aged over 18 and had already received one …

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