From now on, this waiting period after vaccination will only have to be observed in certain specific cases.
The withdrawal period after the booster dose disappears in most cases. In a message sent Wednesday evening to health professionals, the Directorate General of Health announced the end of this “15-minute post-recall monitoring time», As of January 5, 2022.
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The latter must allow health professionals and staff in the places where the injections are carried out to check that the patients do not experience side effects. However, an opinion of December 24 from the Orientation Council for the Vaccine Strategy (COSV), headed by Professor Alain Fischer, recalled that “the risk that people who did not have an allergic reaction during their primary vaccination will do so during their booster dose is extremely low»: Monitoring is therefore not justified for the majority of populations receiving a booster dose. All places of vaccination are concerned, from pharmacies to doctors’ offices, including vaccination centers, it is indicated.
However, the monitoring period remains in effect for several special cases. During an initial vaccination schedule (a first dose or a second), first. Then, when the people receiving a booster have been vaccinated beforehand before a vaccine “other than Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna“, When they have a”known allergic ground“Or have a”increased risk of anaphylactic shock“. Likewise, the deadline remains valid for pregnant women, children from 5 to 11 years old, people “having vaccination anxiety” and the “people weakened by chronic diseases with possible mobility difficultiesSo that they can rest after the injection.
The deletion must also make it possible to “streamline the organization of vaccination centers», By speeding up the passage of individuals. She “is based on the opinion of Alain Fischer’s COSV“, Confirmed the Ministry of Health during a press point on Thursday. The note also specifies that the staff of the centers can facilitate the implementation of the recommendation, for example through “colored couponsDifferent depending on whether the person has to wait or not.
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