Advice...how to prepare yourself before and after vaccination against COVID-19

Advice...how to prepare yourself before and after vaccination against COVID-19

• Must be sure that you are not in a high-risk group, who cannot receive vaccination, before the injection, for example, being pregnant, undergoing treatment for a serious symptom, having a high fever, and severe diarrhea.
• If you have a history of vaccine or drug allergies, you must inform staffs before vaccination.
• You must get enough resting. Do not skip food before vaccination.
• After the injection, the staff will ask you to sit and wait to see the symptoms in the injection area for 30 minutes.
• If you have a fever or aches and pains that are unbearable, you can take 500 mg of paracetamol one tablet. You also can repeat if necessary. It should be 6 hours apart. Do not take or avoid drugs such as Brufen, Arcoxia, or Celebrex. If it is necessary, an advice from a doctor should be sought.
• COVID-19 vaccination should be spaced at least 14 days to 1 months apart from influenza vaccines. Completing of the COVID-19 vaccination should be done first because it is more dangerous.
• You can normally take thrombolytic drugs. However, when you are injected the COVID-19 vaccine, you should press at the injection site for 1 minute.

Reference: COVID-19 Information Center