COVID-19 vaccine update: CDC issues guidelines after reports surface of allergic reactions

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on December 19 issued a set a guidelines for those reporting Severe Adverse Event (SAE) or severe allergic reactions from COVID-19 vaccination. centre stated that y learnt from ‘reports’ that some people were facing allergic reactions such as anaphylaxis and had to be treated with epinephrine or EpiPen while some also needed hospitalisation. 

Centre highlighted that people who have severe allergic reaction after first dose must t take  second shot and those who have had severe allergic reactions to components in a COVID-19 vaccine should t get that specific vaccine.

It furr recommended that people with a history of allergy from injectable rapies must seek a healthcare consultation first.

“Your doctor will help you decide if it is safe for you to get vaccinated,” centre asserted. However, those with allergies such as to food, pet, vem, environmental, or latex, which is unrelated to injectable medications, can get vaccinated. Moreover, anyone who has a family member with a history of mild allergies to oral medications or severe allergic reactions to vaccines but anaphylaxis could get mselves vaccinated.

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Should be 'monitored on-site'

Meanwhile, it was advised that those that reported severe allergic reactions to vaccination will have to dispatch a report to  Vaccine Adverse Reporting System (VAERS). This is a national database maintained by local US healthcare professionals and vaccine manufacturers that will record all allergic reactions to keep public informed. “All people who get a COVID-19 vaccine should be monitored on-site. People with a history of severe allergic reactions should be monitored for 30 minutes after getting vaccine. All or people should be monitored for 15 minutes after getting vaccine,” CDC advised. 

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