Health
‘Very safe’: Top health experts keep faith in COVID-19, despite allergic reactions – Sydney Morning Herald
The vaccine rollout should continue as planned, following four cases of severe allergic reactions to the AstraZeneca vaccine in Queensland.
If youre one of these people who have a known history of reaction to drugs or vaccines, talk about it with your vaccinator, give them a heads up, and stay under monitoring for 30 minutes after the vaccination.
Professor Skerritt said while medical anaphylaxis was rare, it occurs with all sorts of vaccines.
Any medicine or vaccine in a very small number of people can cause this anaphylactic reaction, he said. This is nothing to do with COVID vaccines, specifically.
But there shouldnt be general concern…
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