Order of vaccination for people who do not work in healthcare

If you are 18 or older, from 23 June 2021 you can call the municipal health service (GGD) to make an appointment to receive the Janssen vaccine (in Dutch only), even if you already have an appointment for another vaccine. The Janssen vaccine is safe and effective, and has the advantage of requiring only one dose.

Everyone have had an invitation to get vaccinated. You can still make an appointment if you haven't done it yet. People who have coronavirus cannot be vaccinated until they have recovered.

Make online an appointment via Coronavaccinatie-afspraak.nl

Vaccination schedule for people who live at home

Most people can travel to a GGD vaccination centre independently. They were invited to be vaccinated from oldest to youngest. People born between 1956 and 1960 were vaccinated by region.

People born between 1956 and 1960 were vaccinated by their family doctor in phases. People born in 1956 or 1957 were vaccinated in the first phase. People born in 1958, 1959 or 1960 were vaccinated in the second phase.

If you did not take action after receiving your initial invitation letter, as of Saturday 5 June 2021 you can make an appointment online (in Dutch only) or by calling the GGD to receive the BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. You do not have to wait to receive a reminder letter before getting vaccinated.

Vaccination schedule for people who are not in medically at-risk or high-risk groups, who live at home and can access the vaccination location on their own, and who do not work in healthcare
Year of birth	When	Vaccine	Where/by whom
1931 or earlier	From 25 January 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only)
1932 - 1936	From 29 January 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only)
1937 - 1941	From 5 February 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only)
1942 - 1946	From 6 March 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only)
1947 - 1951	From 6 April 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only)
1952 - 1955	From 15 April 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only) or family doctor
1956 - 1957	From 15 February 2021	AstraZeneca, BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Family doctor, GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only)
1958 - 1960	From 15 April 2021	AstraZeneca, BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Family doctor, GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only)
1961 - 1971	From 27 April 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna or Janssen	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only), family doctor or hospital
1972 - 1981	From early June 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna or Janssen	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only), family doctor or hospital
1982 - 1991	From mid-June 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only), family doctor or hospital
1992 - 2003	From mid-June 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only), family doctor or hospital

Vaccination of people who live at home and are unable to travel to a vaccination centre

From early April 2021 people who are unable to travel to a vaccination centre received a letter stating that they could get vaccinated at home by their family doctor. People born in 1960 or earlier received the AstraZeneca vaccine. People born in 1961 or later received a different vaccine.

Vaccination schedule for people in medically at-risk groups

Some people have a medical condition that makes them more likely to become seriously ill or die if they get coronavirus. These people, who are in medically at-risk groups, were given priority in the vaccination programme.

People with Down syndrome and people with morbid obesity (a BMI of 40 or more) were being vaccinated by region.

Medically high-risk groups (for people born in 2005 or earlier)

Group 1:

People diagnosed with a haematological malignancy (cancer of the blood, bone marrow or lymph nodes) during the past 5 years
People with severe kidney failure (dialysis or pre-dialysis patients)
People who have undergone an organ, stem cell or bone marrow transplant
People with a serious congenital immune deficiency

Group 2:

People with neurological conditions that affect their respiratory system (for example ALS patients and Duchenne patients)

Group 3:

People with morbid obesity (a BMI of 40 or more)
People with Down syndrome

Other medically at-risk groups (for people born in 1961 - 2003)

There are also other groups of people who are more likely to become seriously ill if they get coronavirus. This applies to:

People with a defect or disorder that affects their airways or lungs
People with a chronic heart condition
People with diabetes mellitus
People with other chronic kidney disease
People with an immune disorder or who are taking medication (immunosuppressants) that reduces their resistance to respiratory infections

These are the same people who are invited to get a flu jab every year.

Vaccination schedule for people in medically at-risk or high-risk groups, who live at home (both those who can access the vaccination location on their own and those with access isues), and who do not work in healthcare
Who	Year of birth	When	Vaccine	Where/by whom
People in medically high-risk groups* (group 1: includes people with severe kidney failure or a serious congenital immune deficiency)	2005 or earlier	From 24 March 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Hospital, in-house doctor or mobile vaccination teams
People in medically high-risk groups (group 2: people with a neurological disorder that affects their breathing)	1960 or earlier (no access issues)	From 24 March 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Hospital
People in medically high-risk groups (group 2: people with a neurological disorder that affects their breathing)	1961 - 2005 (no access issues) and 2005 or earlier (access issues)	From 2 April 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Hospital or mobile vaccination teams
People in medically high-risk groups (group 3: people with morbid obesity or Down syndrome)	From 1960 or earlier (no access issues)	From 15 February 2021	AstraZeneca, BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Family doctor or GGD vaccination centre (in Dutch only)
People in medically high-risk groups (group 3: people with morbid obesity or Down syndrome)	1961 - 2005 (no access issues) and 2005 or earlier (access issues)	From 15 February 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	GGD vaccination centre (page in Dutch) or mobile vaccination teams
People in other medically at-risk groups	1961 - 2003	From early May 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	GGD vaccination centre

Vaccination schedule for people living in residential care

Vaccination schedule for residents of nursing homes, care homes, residential homes and mental healthcare facilities
Who	When	Vaccine	Where/by whom
Nursing home residents and residents of care homes for people with intellectual disabilities	From 18 January 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Family doctor or in-house doctor
Residents of small-scale residential homes	From 25 January 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Family doctor or out-of-hours GP service
Mental healthcare inpatients	From 22 February 2021	Moderna, AstraZeneca or Janssen	In-house doctor or mobile vaccination teams

Vaccination schedule for residents of Bonaire, St Eustatius, Saba, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten

Vaccination schedule for residents of Bonaire, St Eustatius, Saba, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten who do not work in healthcare
Who	When	Vaccine	Where/by whom
Residents of St Eustatius and Saba	From 22 February 2021	Moderna	Local public health services
Residents of Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten born in 1960 or earlier*	From 17 February 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Local public health services
Residents of Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten born between 1961 and 2003*	From early April 2021	BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna	Local public health services

* The approach differed between islands. On some islands all groups were vaccinated at the same time. On other islands, including Curaçao and Aruba, vaccination took place in phases.

From oldest to youngest (in phases)

People born in 1955 or earlier were the first people invited to get vaccinated. This was done in phases from oldest to youngest: first those born in 1931 or earlier, then those born between 1932 and 1936, then those born between 1937 and 1941, and so on.

Invitations were not sent out to all the people in an age group at the same time, but were spread out over several weeks. It was possible that you received your invitation to get vaccinated but your partner or friend who was in the same age group did not.

Vaccination of people who have or have recovered from COVID-19

The Health Council of the Netherlands recommends that people who have had COVID-19 should also be vaccinated. The Health Council has announced that one vaccine dose is enough for people who have demonstrably had COVID-19 in the 6 months before being vaccinated.
People who have recovered from COVID-19 have developed some immunity. So one dose is enough to protect them properly. This will have consequences for the vaccination drive. For example, it will be necessary to establish whether or not someone has already had COVID-19. The government, together with RIVM, is looking at how to adapt the procedure accordingly.

If you have COVID-19 when you are due to be vaccinated you must stay at home and you cannot therefore be vaccinated at that time. Vaccination cannot take place until at least four weeks after you developed symptoms. When you no longer have any COVID-19 symptoms, you can make an appointment for your vaccination. The letter inviting you to be vaccinated contains more information.

Vaccination of young people born in 2003, 2004 and 2005

In accordance with the advisory opinion of the Health Council of the Netherlands, the following groups of young people received an invitation to get vaccinated:

People in a medical high-risk group, born in 2003, 2004 or 2005; and
People living in a care home for people with intellectual disabilities, born in 2003, 2004 or 2005.

They received the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine. Young people in this category who live in a care home were vaccinated by the in-house doctor. In smaller care homes, mobile vaccination teams started rolling out the vaccinations. Young people with morbid obesity or Down syndrome who live at home got an invitation from their family doctor. They were vaccinated at a GGD vaccination centre.

Young people with a compromised immune system and young people with a neurological disorder that affects their breathing were vaccinated at their hospital. They received an invitation from their attending consultant. People should not phone the hospital themselves, but wait for the invitation. Young people in this category who cannot access the hospital were vaccinated at home by a mobile vaccination team.

Other groups whose vaccination has been moved forward

Certain groups of people were vaccinated earlier than initially planned:

people living in sheltered housing managed by a mental healthcare institution;
members of the riot police (Mobiele Eenheid);
staff at Dutch embassies and consulates and their family members; and
elite athletes participating in the Olympic Games.

Vaccination of people with an auto-immune disease

It is not yet clear whether the coronavirus vaccines are safe and work for people with an auto-immune disease.