You can get a Novavax vaccine at a location in the following places: A GGD staff member will ask you about this when you make the appointment. This means that you have first thought very carefully about your choice to have the Novavax vaccine. Your choice to have Novavax is based on informed consent.

If you choose to be vaccinated with the Novavax vaccine, you can make an appointment with the GGD by calling 0800 - 0174. Making an appointment with the municipal health service (GGD)

You will have maximum protection 14 days after the second dose.

There must be at least 3 weeks between the first and second doses.

You will need 2 doses of the Novavax vaccine to be well protected.

As yet, little is known about the degree of protection offered by the Novavax vaccine against the Delta and Omicron variants of coronavirus. The government will therefore make this protein-based vaccine available to people aged 18 and over who have not yet been vaccinated because only mRNA vaccines are currently in use.

On 23 December 2021, an advisory report on Novavax (information in Dutch) from the Health Council of the Netherlands stated that the Novavax vaccine is an alternative for people aged 18 and over who do not want to have either an mRNA vaccine (BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna) or a vector vaccine (Astra Zeneca and Janssen). Protein-based vaccine as an alternative to mRNA vaccine The vaccine protects against illness due to coronavirus in 60-90% of cases. Protection and safetyĪccording to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Health Council of the Netherlands, the Novavax vaccine is safe for use in people aged 18 and over. The Novavax vaccine is effective against illness due to coronavirus.

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