CDC issues guidelines on COVID-19 vaccination after allergic reactions

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Reuters
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Sun, 2020-12-20 05:51

WASHINGTON: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday said it was monitoring reports of allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination and made recommendations on how people with histories of allergies should proceed.
Anyone who had a severe reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine should not get the second dose, the agency said, defining severe as needing the medication epinephrine or treatment in a hospital.

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