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HSE Second Booster Information (April 2022)
A second booster vaccine is now recommended for some people who are at higher risk from serious COVID-19 illness. If you are over 12 with a weak immune system, your second booster should be your fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine.…
STATEMENT ON NPHET’S RECOMMENDATION FOR REMOVAL OF MASK WEARING MANDATE
The Irish Kidney Association (IKA) refers to yesterday’s recommendation by NPHET to the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to remove a mask wearing mandate from most settings/ with just a few exceptions. The Irish Kidney Association is concerned that there…
COVID-19 Booster Update for Immunocompromised Patients
The information below is taken directly from a HSE Partner Pack sent to the Irish Kidney Association this morning. COVID-19 booster for people with weak immune systems: People who have a weak immune system, also called immunocompromised, can now get…
Minister for Health announces updates to Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
Department of Health Press Release – 8 December 2021. The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has accepted new recommendations in relation to Ireland’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The recommendations were made by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) to the…
Statement on cancellation of transplant operation in November due to lack of ICU bed.
The Irish Kidney Association is very disappointed to learn about a transplant operation not proceeding at the Mater Hospital, earlier this month, due to the lack of an ICU bed. Our thoughts are with the patient, who was called for…
Return to Work Letter to Employers
The Irish Kidney Association, together with The Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association, (IHLTA) and Multiple Sclerosis Ireland, have written a letter for medically vulnerable employees to give to their employers as workplaces and offices return post-Covid. Click here to…
ESOT Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
The European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) has published a statement on COVID-19 Vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients: Recently, multiple studies have been published examining the response to SARS-CoV- 2 mRNA-based vaccines in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients.(1-7) Overall,…
COVID-19 online vaccination event postponed due to AstraZeneca pause
You may be aware of the temporary pause in the vaccination programme for AstraZeneca. This recommendation has been made following a report from the Norwegian Medicines Agency of four new reports of serious blood clotting events in adults after vaccination…
Update to Members: COVID-19 vaccinations to begin for kidney patients in Group 4 next week
COVID-19 vaccinations to begin for kidney patients in Group 4 next week (w/c 8th March) The Irish Kidney Association’s Chief Executive Carol Moore had an online meeting yesterday (3rd March, 2021) with the Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Colm Henry and…
Statement: IKA welcomes government’s announcement on changes to priority of Covid 19 vaccinations
STATEMENT 23rd February 2021 The Irish Kidney Association welcomes the government’s announcement (on 23 Feb. 2021) of changes to the Covid-19 vaccine allocation priority list. Moving all organ transplant recipients and people on dialysis aged 16-69 years old to cohort…
COVID-19 VACCINE CAMPAIGN, UPDATE TO MEMBERS, 15 FEBRUARY 2021
COVID Vaccination Campaign Update As we are a charity led by kidney patients, we have access to a wide range of data on kidney conditions both in Ireland and abroad. This has allowed us to make a very strong case…