We all know that in India we are conducting the massive vaccination program against covid19 infection. We have two vaccines that has been approved by the government of india for vaccinating the people one is the covi shield and another is the covaxin and as of now as we all know that is being conducted in phases, in the phase one all the healthcare workers and the frontline workers are going to get vaccinated and eventually in following subsequent phases the other people who are at a high risk of getting infection may get vaccinated.
If we see about the contraindications for the vaccine as of no pregnant women and lactating women’s are not included in the vaccination program apart from that any person who has got any sort of allergic reactions or severe forms of allergic reactions to previous vaccination should not get vaccinated with the government vaccine or if you are allergic to any of the components related to the covid vaccine then again you are not supposed to get vaccinated.
Special precautions has to be taken for persons who are having bleeding disorders or whose platelet counts are really low these patients should also take specific precautions before getting vaccinated for covid 19 infection and any patient who has got previously covid infection active covid infection or patient who has received any sort of plasma or patient who are acutely ill and requiring critical care support these patients should take covid vaccine only four to eight weeks following recovery from the infection.
These fractions both the covi shield and the covaxin has gone through rigorous safety standards before getting approved for vaccination for the healthcare workers and for the general public so most of these factions are very very safe and has been tested in big clinical trials but however during vaccination you are bound to experience few mild side effects which may be seen with any other vaccination also the common side effects which you may perceive are one you can have a severe pain at that injection site number two you can have some sort of a slight greediness or greediness following vaccination or you can have some sort of a fever low to high grade fever following the vaccination which may last for a day or two and severe body can also be there these are very common side effects which are experienced with almost all the vaccines and similarly for covid19 vaccine.
However if you develop any sort of neurological complications like any sort of weakness or other unexpected side effects then you have to report to your vaccination center immediately about this side effect but in most of the cases the vaccine is very very safe and these side effects are experienced even with other vaccines as well so following your vaccination. You have to stay in the vaccination center for at least half an hour to monitor for symptoms of any adverse events and try to avoid alcohol following vaccination and try to have a good sleep on the day following vaccination because you are you may be bound to have slight fever or severe body pains so try to have a good sleep following vaccination make sure that you get vaccinated complete the course of vaccination the vaccination courses two vaccines 28 days apart and your immune response will start only 14 days following the second vaccination so if you take only one vaccination you will not be immune you need to take the second vaccination 28 days apart until that time you have to remain protected with wearing mask and maintaining social distancing because you are still not you are still vulnerable to getting covet infection and apart from that you have to ensure that if you get vaccinated with one particular type of a vaccine like a covi shield or covaxin the second vaccine should be of the same company and you should not interchange the vaccination during the follow-up vaccination regimen.
