The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday issued new vaccination norms. Clearing doubts, National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC) has said that lactating women can take the Covid-19 vaccination.
Keeping in mind the evolving situation of the pandemic, the emerging scientific evidence and experience from across the globe National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC) has made the following recommendation which have been accepted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare regarding Covid-19 vaccination.
- Deferring the Covid-19 vaccination in the following scenario
i) In case of individuals having lab tests proven SARS-2 Covid-19 illness, Covid-19 vaccination to be deferred by 3 months after recovery.
ii) In case of SARS2 Covid-19 patients who have been given anti-SARS -2 monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma covid-19vaccination to be deferred by 3 months from discharge from the hospital.
iii) In case of individuals who have received at least the first dose and got Covid-19 infection before completion of the dosing schedule, the second dose should be deferred by 3 months from clinical recovery from Covid-19 illness.
iv) Persons with any other serious general illness requiring hospitalization or ICU care should also wait for 4-8 weeks before getting the covid-19 vaccine.
- An individual can donate blood after 14 days of either receipt of Covid-19 vaccine or testing RT-PCR negative if suffering from Covid-19 disease.
- Covid-19 vaccination is recommended for all lactating women.
- There is no requirement for screening of the vaccine recipients by Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) prior to Covid-19 vaccination.
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