FAQ's
Was still clearly and objectively a pandemic, with soaring cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Each vaccine has a different response to the new variants.
- 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or
- 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine.
- If you don’t meet these requirements, regardless of your age, you are NOT fully vaccinated.
Severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) treated with epinephrine or EpiPen should not get vaccinated.
Only individuals suffering from below allergies should not get vaccinated.
- Allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) and/or asthma patients.
- Allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) and/ or eczema patients.
The rest can take the vaccine.
It’s true that most people who get COVID-19 are able to recover. But it’s also true that some people develop severe complications. Because the disease can damage the lungs, heart and brain, it may also cause long-term health problems that experts are still working to understand.
There’s another reason to consider getting the vaccine: It protects those around you. You are taking care of dialysis patients who are high risk for the disease and its complications. Even if COVID-19 doesn’t make you very sick, you could pass it on to someone else who might be more severely affected. It will be important for ending the pandemic.
We don’t yet know how long natural immunity to COVID-19 lasts, Dr. Stappen beck says. Right now, it seems that getting COVID-19 more than once is not common, but there are still many questions that remain unanswered. Experts say that, even if you’ve had COVID-19, it would still be appropriate for you to get the vaccine to make sure you’re protected.
The MOH at KSA is placing the vaccination of already exposed to Covid-19 in the last phase of vaccination scheme.
