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How quickly do I need a 2nd Covid-19 vaccine shot?

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COVID-19 vaccines in the US require two doses a few weeks apart.People should get some degree of protection within two weeks of the first shot, with the second shot bringing about the vaccine’s full protection.

For the vaccine by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech, the second shot is supposed to be after three weeks. For Moderna, it’s four weeks.But how closely those guidelines should be followed has been a point of difference for the United States and the United Kingdom, which has been rolling out the Pfizer vaccine and one by Astrazeneca that requires two doses given four weeks apart.To get more first shots into people and give them at least some degree of protection, the UK says it’s OK to delay the boosters for as long as 12 weeks.

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