Post-Vaccine Allergy Cases Encourage CDC To Issue Special Guidelines

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JAKARTA - The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday, November 20 said it was monitoring reports of an allergic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC will also make recommendations about how people with a history of allergies should go on.

Anyone who has a severe reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine should not receive a second dose, said the CDC, which defines severe as necessitating ephineprine medication or hospital admission.

Those who experience severe allergic reactions to the ingredients of the COVID-19 vaccine should avoid vaccine formulas containing this ingredient, the CDC continued. Two vaccines have been approved in the United States under an emergency use authorization.

Individuals with a history of severe allergic reactions to vaccines should consult their doctor regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.

The CDC states that people with severe allergies to food, pets, latex or environmental conditions as well as people with oral drug allergies or a family history of severe allergic reactions can still be vaccinated.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating about five allergic reactions that occurred after participants were given the COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and BioNTech in the US this week.

On Friday, December 18, the FDA said that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, which has an emergency permit for use, should not be administered to someone with a known history of severe allergic reactions to any of the vaccine components.

UK medical regulators say that anyone with a history of anaphylaxis or a severe allergic reaction to drugs or food should not be given the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech.