Coronavirus vaccine: CDC issues guidelines on Covid-19 vaccination after allergic reactions
Coronavirus vaccine: US issues guidelines on allergic reactions, says avoid 2nd dose after severe response
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday said it was monitoring reports of allergic reactions to the Covid-19 vaccination and made recommendations on how people with histories of allergies should proceed.
Anyone who had a severe reaction to a Covid-19 vaccine should not get the second dose, the agency said, defining severe as needing the medication epinephrine or treatment in a hospital.
People who have had a severe allergic reaction to any ingredient in a Covid-19 vaccine should avoid the vaccine formulation containing the ingredient, CDC said. Two vaccines have been approved in the United States under emergency use authorizations.
Individuals with histories of severe allergic reaction to vaccines should consult their doctors about the Covid-19 shot. The CDC said people with severe allergies to food, pets, latex or environmental conditions as well as people with allergies to oral medication or a family history of severe allergic reactions could still get vaccinated.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating around five allergic reactions that happened after people were administered Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine in the United States this week.
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- 2 vaccines approved in US under EUA
Two vaccines have been approved in the United States under emergency use authorisations.
On 12 December, Pfizer and BioNTech SE became the first pharma company duo to get the US FDA approval of their mRNA-based vaccine, BNT162b2, for emergency use that could eventually help bring an end to a raging pandemic that has killed over 300,000 Americans.
Moderna Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine recently became the second to receive emergency use authorization from the US FDA. The FDA announced the authorisation the day after the agency’s advisory panel of outside experts endorsed its use.
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The US said that people who have histories of severe allergic reactions to vaccines should consult their doctors about the coronavirus vaccine shot. The CDC said people with severe allergies to food, pets, latex or environmental conditions as well as people with allergies to oral medication or a family history of severe allergic reactions could still get vaccinated.